What If Your Lawyer Failed?
Murder is a serious crime no matter where in the world you receive a conviction. What happens when you are innocent and you want to fight for your freedom but it turns out that your attorney may have failed you? Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in criminal cases, sadly, it robs the accused of an entire life outside of prison walls. If you feel that your attorney didn’t include important information, share vital elements, or fight hard enough for you, you may qualify for an appeal.
Some criminal attorneys are referred to as farms. This means that they may collect dozens of fees for dozens of cases and rarely put up a fight, instead opting to plead out one client after another. This is an unfortunate business practice and is not representative of criminal lawyers as a whole but it does happen and in those cases, appealing your convition based on ineffective counsel may be an option.
Riveride California – Overturned Murder Conviction
It goes without saying that some defendants will have the fight of their life at trial, sometimes a defendant will even go through two or more trials and if we’re dealing with decades-old cases, it does not mean that two trials with two convictions actually means that the defendant is guilty. There is any number of elements involved in trials and there is the same number of things that can present as detrimental to the case. Whether the technology wasn’t available to clear an individual, whether witnesses were not interviewed or media or documentation that could clear the accused went missing. Any thing can go against you during a trial.
In a recent Riverside case, a woman convicted of murdering her partner had her case thrown out as a result of the way that her attorney handled her case at the time. Due to the fact that her attorney did not share vital information about the case, it was determined that the mistake on behalf of the attorney affected the outcome of her trial which led to her conviction. In the latter case, the state Supreme Court actually thew her conviction out citing a critical error by her attorney at the trial. While she served almost two decades of her sentence there are many who have yet to begin fighting their convictions.
Get Criminal Conviction Appeal Help In Southern California
A qualified criminal post-conviction appeal attorney understands the journey ahead and can provide compassionate guidance to families in need of appellate support. If you need assistance understanding the appeals process or need help filing an appeal, contact our office to learn. how we can help you.