Criminal Appeal

Our experienced attorneys with a practice model that ensures your case gets the attention needed for a successful defense. Our group includes a team of specialized criminal appeals attorneys who have extensive experience with the New York and Federal courts of appeals. Our level of experience has allowed us to build relationships with opposing counsel and create a strong reputation in the legal community. By using our practice model, we are able to devote time to your appeal to get a full understanding of all the facts and issues, to research the relevant and most applicable case law to help you succeed in your appeal.

Filing an appeal is often the last or final step in your case to avoid jail time or heavy penalties. Most often appeal comes after trial, plea, or sentencing by making a pleading with the appellate court to overturn a judgment or requesting a retrial or resentence due to some legal error that happened at the trial level. Appeals are heard by the courts of appeals which are different than the trial courts.

Because there a different type of courts, it is important for you to have some understanding of the different courts and what they do. For felony level crimes, your case will take place in the one of the Supreme Courts. Which supreme court your case is assigned to will determine where the alleged crime took place. All of the pretrial and trial matters will take place at this court.

When it is determined that an appeal should be filed, the appeal is filed in the Supreme Court Appellate Division. The location for this court is the same as where the supreme court was located. For example, if you had a criminal case in Manhattan or the Bronx your appeal would then be filed in the First Division; whereas a criminal case in Albany would have an appeal filed in the Third Division.

Reasons You Should Appeal:

The various reason why you may be considering an appeal. Maybe you feel that the judge made an incorrect legal decision and order. It could also be that the sentence you received was beyond the ability of the court. In any event, the decisions made by judges can alter your life, you want to make sure that they are correct. This is why it is important to reach out to an experienced criminal appeals attorney.