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California Legal Right to Bail

By Walin & Klarich

If You Are Convicted of a Misdemeanor After a Trial, You Have the Legal Right to Bail as a Matter of Right Recently a person called our office after he had been found guilty by a jury of a misdemeanor offense. The judge sentenced him to six months in county jail. His trial lawyer failed to inform the accused that he had absolute right to ?reasonable bail? pending appeal. The judge ordered the accused to begin his jail sentence within 72 hours of when he was sentenced. The accused was wise enough to contact our law firm to ask if there was anything he could do to avoid going to jail. We told him that YES, we could help him remain out of jail on bail pending the criminal appeal of his conviction. In every case where a defendant is found guilty of a misdemeanor offense by a jury or a judge he/she has the absolute right to bail on appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).