Handling Criminal Appeals

Features

• American Bar Association Standard Relating to the Administration of Criminal Justice Index
• Examples of questions that represent key issues in a favorable way
• Expert advice on language and style for framing arguments on appeal
• Recommendations on when, or when not, to file optional reply briefs
• Step-by-step guidance for handling criminal appeals
• Tips for constructing persuasive, technically flawless briefs
• Guidance on how to deal with contrary legal authority and how to urge reversal of existing precedent

Summary of Contents

• Part One: Initial Considerations
  • Chapter 1 Overview; Duties of Counsel
  • Chapter 2 The Decision to Appeal
  • Chapter 3 Bail
  • Chapter 4 Initial Procedures
• Part Two: The Record
  • Chapter 5 Making and Preserving the Record at Trial
  • Chapter 6 The Record on Appeal
  • Chapter 7 Record Review and Analysis
  • Chapter 8 Record Augmentation and Correction
• Part Three: Writing the Brief
  • Chapter 9 General Considerations
  • Chapter 10 Factual Statements
  • Chapter 11 Formulating the Issues
  • Chapter 12 Argument
  • Chapter 13 Research and Citation
  • Chapter 14 The Reply Brief
• Part Four: Handling Recurrent Issues
  • Chapter 15 Misconduct
  • Chapter 16 Denial of Effective Representation
  • Chapter 17 Substantive and Procedural Error
• Part Five: Specialized Appeals
  • Chapter 18 Appeal From a Guilty Plea
  • Chapter 19 Review of Sentence
  • Chapter 20 The "No Merit" Appeal
  • Chapter 21 Collateral Attack
• Part Six: The Prosecutor on Appeal
  • Chapter 22 General Consideration
  • Chapter 23 The Respondent's Brief
• Part Seven: Oral Advocacy
  • Chapter 24 General Considerations
  • Chapter 25 Techniques of Oral Argument
• Part Eight: The Opinion and Discretionary Review
  • Chapter 26 The Opinion
  • Chapter 27 Seeking Discretionary Review
• Appendix A. The Review from the Appellate Bench
• Appendix B. American Bar Association Standards Relating to the Administration of Criminal Justice
• Index