A criminal appeal can be filed when someone is convicted of a crime and feels there was a mistake in the trial. Trial errors are unintentionally made in a number of ways by attorneys, jurors and/or judges:
- Evidence may have been used against the person but shouldn’t have
- Evidence that might have helped the person was wrongly kept out of the trial
- The wrong law might have been applied
- An attorney may have made an inappropriate argument
- The jury instructions may have confused the jurors
- The sentence was not appropriate for the crime
A criminal appeal gives the convicted person a second chance to obtain justice. When an error is discovered, it could be overturned or overruled so that the court’s decision is reversed.
If the conviction is reversed, the convicted person may get his/her sentence reduced or get a new trial.
Stephen G. Rodriguez is an experienced Los Angeles Criminal Appeals Attorney. If you would like to Appeal a Criminal Charge in Los Angeles, and need a criminal defense attorney, call Stephen G. Rodriguez at (213) 223-2173.
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