Sentences with phrase «appeal of one's conviction»

On June 14th the Supreme Court will hear Robert Latimer's appeal of his conviction of second - degree murder of his 12 year - old daughter Tracy.

Silver and Skelos have appeals of their convictions pending.

These days, since there is now a right to appeal a criminal conviction under state law or federal statute (but not the U.S. Constitution), a writ of habeas corpus is only brought when direct appeals of a conviction have been exhausted, often several years after the original conviction (which makes a writ of habeas corpus only useful for convictions involving long sentences of incarceration).

Fortunately, for residents of Syracuse and other regions of upstate New York, the Law Office of Mark J. Sacco, located in Latham (a suburb of Albany) is prepared to offer vigorous criminal defense services to clients who have been accused or arrested for federal or white collar crimes, who require legal counsel, or who need to file appeals of their convictions.

The Sixth Amendment gives you the right to an attorney during interrogation, trial, sentencing, and the initial appeal of a conviction.

In the U.S., a criminal defendant can not raise the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel on a direct appeal of a conviction or sentence, but can raise it in a collateral attack on a conviction which must be brought first in the state court and if that remedy is exhausted, may then be brought in federal court.

HBO's Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which debuts on Oct. 5 and is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), is a glossy and engaging docudrama that focuses on the Supreme Court's inner - chamber battles in 1971, when the justices ruled on Ali's appeal of the conviction that had cost him 3 1/2 years of his career and threatened to send him to jail for five more.

U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni approved the withdrawal of attorneys Steve Molo and Joel Cohen, who defended Silver in his 2015 trial and then won an appeal of his conviction, and entry into the case of a new defense lawyer, Michael Feldberg.

Skelos» appeal of his conviction is pending.

Bruno has beefed up his legal team with the addition of Albany Law School Prof. Michael Hutter, an appeals expert, and is readying an appeal of his conviction.

Bruno has been keeping a very low profile of late, staying out of the public eye as the appeal of his conviction wends its way through the legal system in the way of the US Supreme Court's honest services statute decision in June.

He still was pursuing an appeal of his conviction when he died on May 3.

The ruling adds further uncertainty as to what will happen with the appeal of the conviction of former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos.

Justice Yates sentenced each to 16 weekends in prison, but neither served time pending the appeal of their convictions.

The officer «clearly operated on a hunch,» says Richard Litkowski, an associate at Hicks Adams LLP who represented Imran Mughal on the appeal of his conviction in R. v. Mughal.

District Court Judge rejected an appeal of a conviction on the basis of a violation of ss.

Anyone who thinks that they might have been affected by the scandal will to consider whether there is scope for an appeal of their conviction on the basis that further testing of samples would clear their name.

The plaintiff did not allege on the appeal of his conviction that the lawyer provided inadequate representation at the criminal trial, nor did he attempt to overturn his conviction as set out in s. 696.1 of the Criminal Code.

The Court of Appeal granted the Crown's appeal and dismissed D.J.W.'s appeal of his conviction.

The risk to the lawyer arises when new counsel, hired by the defendant to handle an appeal of the conviction, requests that the lawyer who handled the trial assist the appeal by swearing an affidavit that supports the ineffective assistance appeal ground.

Woodman was convicted by a jury of his peers; the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal of both conviction and sentence: 2016 ONCA 63.

In the circumstances of this case, it is my view that it is in the interests of justice to appoint counsel to assist Mr. Ahmed - Kadir to pursue the appeal of his conviction.»

Cabral has advised that he will ask the Quebec Court of Appeal to have Charest released pending the ruling on the appeal of the convictions.

But in prison he studied law in order to file an appeal of his conviction and 50 - year prison sentence.

The Supreme Court announced Thursday it would hear Groia's appeal of his conviction, an appeal he has so far lost at every level of court in Ontario.

Allegations of ineffective assistance are usually first tested in the context of the appeal of a conviction.

According to the complaint, Butler was an assistant public defender who represented Mitchell in the 1980s in the appeal of his conviction.

Even if found guilty, an appeal of conviction can be launched for a variety of reasons.