Category: Legal Help
Can Your Sentence In A Criminal Case Change After It Starts?
If you’re convicted of crime, a judge will sentence you. But your sentence can change after the judge chooses it in some circumstances.
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What Constitutional Errors are “Harmless”? How does it Affect you?
Some constitutional violations even though errors are not erroneous. Those are harmless constitutional errors. As per this rule, courts do not consider unimportant errors occurring during a trial. It means that not all constitutional violations can get you a dismissal, a new trial or appeal otherwise.
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How to Challenge a Prison’s Decision not to Give you a Diet Consistent with your Religion?
If you or your loved ones are denied a diet consistent with your religion in prison you can challenge it in court. There are constitutional as well as legal protections to challenge it.
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How to Subpoena Witnesses for Your Trial
In some cases, you may want to bring a witness or an important document to the court to prove your claim. You or your attorney can do so by issuing a subpoena to a person or institution to testify or produce the requested documents. A subpoena is a court command that compels a person to do what is requested.
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What Can You Do If You Think Your Judge Has A Bias?
You have the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment. This includes the right to a fair judge who does not have a bias against you.
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What Is A Motion For A New Trial In A Criminal Case?
If convicted of a crime, you can appeal. But you can also file a motion for a new trial in the court where your criminal case happened.
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How Do You Know What Caselaw Applies to Your Case?
If you are facing a trial, the final decision in your case may be based on rules of law created by previous cases. “Caselaws” or “precedents” means the rules established by those previous cases. The judge cites the caselaws as an example to justify their present case decisions.
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What Arguments Can You Make In A Criminal Appeal?
If you’ve been convicted of a crime, you’re probably already thinking about what arguments will work best to appeal in your criminal case.
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Can You Win An Appeal For Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel?
The most common argument on appeal in criminal cases focuses on ineffective assistance of counsel. But can you win with that argument?
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How Do You Prove An Alibi Defense in Court?
A defense of alibi protects a person who is misjudged as a criminal, when in fact they were present somewhere else when the crime took place.
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