Post Conviction Motion Lawyer
As experienced post-conviction motion lawyers, we know that many criminal cases end with negotiated pleas of guilty to reduced charges. Often, the critical issue for the client is not whether he or she will be convicted, but rather what kind of penalty will be handed down.
With sentencing guidelines in place in the federal courts as well as many state courts, our post conviction motion lawyers understand exactly how the guidelines work, the cases interpreting them, and the procedural rules can save clients from years of active prison sentences. In the same way, there are often issues in criminal cases that cannot be brought up on direct appeal, which must be based only on the transcript of the trial by post conviction motion lawyers.
As such, issues like misconduct by prosecutors or police or misconduct by jurors after jury selection or judges, unless they are obvious from the trial transcript, must be proved in a separate post-conviction proceeding. This is called a Motion For Proper Relief. In federal court it is called a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus or Petition in Court. Let one of our post conviction motion lawyers help you with this process.
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