It is not mandatory that the same attorney, or any attorney, represent a party in a civil case when it goes to appeal.

Yes, if the outcome of the case depended on the state courts' answer to a question of federal law, the United States Supreme Court may be asked to...

Yes, you can be stopped by police just because you're on parole. (Samson v. California (2006) 547 U.S. 843.)

No. A declaration is not a brief. A non-party can't file an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief without the court's permission. I won't...

Why are you asking us? Obviously, you're going to argue everything you can think of, just as you post everything you think of.

That depends. To begin with, the prosecution can appeal only in limited circumstances. Whether it can appeal in this instance depends on the...

Any felony conviction can be appealed, whether it resulted from a plea or from a trial. But I'm wondering how the plea-bargained case "had" an...

The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does encompass the right to choice of counsel, within certain limitations (e.g., the government doesn't have...

I would assume it's the plaintiff who has been ordered to show cause; the defendant presumably would not object to the case's being dismissed. So...

Not making a decision to take the deal IS making a decision to decline it. I'm wondering how it would have helped your defense if the DA had...