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Appeals Can Overturn Criminal Convictions

By Steven Rodriguez

The American justice system isn’t perfect. Sometimes errors are made during the court process that can result in unfair criminal convictions. The California criminal appeals process can correct court errors and overturn wrongful criminal convictions. In the United States, a convicted criminal defendant has the right to challenge that conviction. This challenge is called an appeal. Appeals are heard in special appellate courts that review and have the power to change decisions made in lower trial courts. On the state level, the Court of Appeal is an intermediary court that sits between the trial courts and the state supreme court. On the federal level, appellate courts are organized into geographical regions called circuits. Federal convictions are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the particular circuit that has jurisdiction over the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).