
Handling Criminal Appeals
Category
Law textbook
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
- Reviews
"A solid, well-written text." - National Legal Aid and Defender Association
"A must for anyone in the appellate field." - Trial
"Splendid" - Journal of Urban Law
"An essential tool." - University of San Francisco Law Review