If no rights are read, is this grounds for all the charges to be dropped?
Zero unless you have something a lot better than that to work with.
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Zero unless you have something a lot better than that to work with.
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Yes.
Are most appeals successful? No. Most appeals are unsuccessful. But a respectable percentage of them do result in some relief.
You would be a lot better off with the public defender than with unfunded private counsel trying to do your case on a shoestring. We see requests...
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