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Is it best to allow my appeal attorney to file a motion to withdraw or should I request to withdraw my motion to appeal?
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Answered on March 21, 2014
Unless your relationship with your current attorney has become very bad indeed that is the person with whom you should discuss this issue. Ethical...
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Can I file a habeas corpus on my husbands behalf?
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Answered on March 21, 2014
Are you asking about federal habeas corpus to review a state court conviction? He has to file his own petition or else have his attorney do it. ...
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I want to know how much any lawyer will charge for an appeal for a case of aggravated robbery, rape, and weapons under ..?
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Answered on March 21, 2014
The setting of fees is very individual and different lawyers give more or less weight to different considerations which in the case of an appeal...
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How do I find the right lawyer for a criminal appeal?
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Answered on March 21, 2014
I don't think we are allowed to do that, although you might look at the endorsements on the attorneys who practice criminal appeal work in...
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Can I name a witness to someone and tell them what the witness said in their statement?
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Answered on March 20, 2014
It is very, very unwise to discuss a pending criminal case or investigation with anybody other than your attorney. Most people doing time in...
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How long does court have to rule on post-conviction petition?
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Answered on March 20, 2014
The only time limit is for the first stage. The court has ninety days in which it can summarily dismiss the petition as plainly without merit. If...
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What is the statute of limitations for child rape?
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Answered on March 20, 2014
Even if a suspect could be identified at this late date, prosecuting a case that old would be probably be very difficult to accomplish...
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Can u legally retract a statment?
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Answered on March 20, 2014
You cannot retract a statement in the sense of making it disappear. He said it, and what is said is said forever. Here are the possibilities: if...
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If a case is remanded back to trial court on appeal then dismissed by prosecution or acquitted after trial can malicious
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Answered on March 20, 2014
Your description of the case is so loaded and so conclusory that no lawyer could possibly take it as the starting point for an analysis. A...
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Can anything be done?
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Answered on March 20, 2014
Whether you have a civil action against DCFS is a much more complicated question than can possibly be addressed in the context of a Q&A forum like...
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