Why is a pro se litigant most likely to be unsuccessful in filing an appeal?

There are two primary reasons. First, pro se litigants are not good at evaluating the potential strength or weakness of an appeal, are by...

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I am looking for help filing appeal to the Board of Review for voluntary leaving work without good cause.

Is this an employment matter? You would do better to use an "employment" or "unemployment" tag than an "appeal" tag. It will be more likely to...

Court Appointed Appellate Attorney requirements: what is law/code/ethics/statue/Constitutional?

Discourteous, yes. Unprofessional, yes, in the sense that a lawyer should encourage the development of a good working relationship with the client...

Can I get compensation from the state?

Presumably your husband's attorney knows how to compel the case to go to trial, and has made a decision that it is better not to do so. ...

Could Risen be released if the court accepts another case in point in the future?

The answer to that question could be extremely complicated and might vary depending on procedural details. The subject you are asking about is...

How to convince the Court (4th Circuit) that Brunner Test is outdated, as other circuit judges have stated .

There is no certain way to convince a federal court of appeals to change its position. Mr. Love points out that the Brunner test was rejected by...

How come entrapment as a defense doesn't seem to work in some cases I am familiar with?

In my experience, which is not in Florida, entrapment is a very risky, dangerous defense which seldom succeeds. The jury usually just doesn't buy it.

At least in the jurisdictions where I practice, the notarized statement of a witnesses cannot be put in evidence. That is not the way it works. ...

Can/does the Court of Appeal, in a de novo std of review, review the underlying facts for substantial evidence?

As a general rule (and the law may be different in California) a reviewing court will virtually never second-guess a trial court's findings as to...

In many states the court will appoint counsel for an indigent PCR petitioner, at least if the cases passes an initial screening. Find out whether...