There are things that can be done besides filing a direct appeal of your conviction. The most prevalent of these is filing a post conviction petition pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. This contains all the events and circumstances that occurred outside of the record. The record being everything that was taken down by a court reporter …
When does it make sense to appeal your conviction?
When someone is convicted of a crime they have a great deal of emotions. They are angry. They are scared. They feel that the system may not have treated them fairly. In our system, there is a mechanism for over turning a conviction and/or sentence. An appeal is filed within thirty days of the sentencing …
There is no magic answer to this question. The internet, television, and even lawyers themselves will talk about how they will fight for you. So it is difficult to tell which lawyer will fight for you. Ask the lawyer three questions: Ask if the lawyer has ever defended an unpopular client. Ask the lawyer if …
