Can I request an appeal for my brother?

Can he appeal after 25 years? Can he appeal from a conviction entered on a guilty plea and, if so, subject to what conditions? If he cannot appeal,...

Can I legally say I was not convicted of a crime when adjudication withheld w/fine &co

As to the legal effect of an "adjudication withheld" under Florida state law I defer to my Florida colleagues. I would note, however, that if you...

How do I go about appealing a federal criminal sentence or ruling for insufficient counsel (appeal forms and process please)?

Sometimes a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel can be raised by appeal. More often it is appropriate for some kind of collateral review...

Is the following grounds for a Writ of Habeas Corpus?

Appeal? Probably not because your claim appears to involve consideration of facts, or allegations anyway, that are probably not part of the record....

How do they find out? Possibilities include: 1. Maybe they don't. 2. You get stopped by the police, maybe for a traffic ticket, maybe...

How can a criminal case be continued so much.

The grant or denial of continuances is entirely within the discretion of the judge. I agree with Mr. Cameron. The fact that the judge is granting...

If someone has a bond of 7,000 whats the most they can reduce it to at bond court if they file a bond reduction ?

In most cases the amount of bond lies totally within the discretion of the judge. That means that the judge could knock your bond down to $0 and...

An indigent defendant, that is to say, a defendant who was eligible for the public defender at trial or who has become indigent since trial, has a...

Typically if this can be done at all it has to be done by formal motion filed in court before the judge who put you on probation, with notice to...

There are many, many reasons why a case be set over to another date, even if the judge and attorneys have intended that a set date should be final....