Where do I send my appeal for my federal sentencing and how long do I have ?

Your notice of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the district court (not with the court of appeals) within fourteen days of the entry of...

I have sometimes filed separate motions (e.g. motion in arrest of judgment, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, motion for new trial)...

Normally when a new trial is ordered the case is retried before the same judge, at least in my experience. Mr. Cameron appears to have encountered...

What is considered a white collar crime?

Mr. Moens has it right. It is not a legal definition or term and it has no precise legal meaning, but in general it refers to non-violent financial...

A lot of careful preparation goes into a federal sentencing hearing. The prosecutor, the defendant's attorney and the United States probation...

You are not out anything. Your retained the attorney to represent you at trial and he what you hired and paid him to do. He also fulfilled his...

When you file an appeal and the Appellate Court issues you an attorney is that a good sign?

Neither good nor bad. It says nothing about the strength or weakness of his appeal. If he cannot afford to retain private counsel he is entitled to...

That rubbish about criminal convictions disappearing after seven years is indeed, as Mr. Cameron says, an urban legend. I tried to get to the...

What is the statutes code to withdrawl a guilty plea in the state of illinois ?

This subject is not governed by statute in Illinois. In addition to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 402(d)(2) noted by Mr. Cameron, Illinois Supreme...

Time for filing a motion for a new trial runs from the date of finding of guilty by court or jury and, although often a thirty day period is set...