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Appealing a Conviction

By Baker Associates

Many criminal defendants find themselves in the unfortunate circumstance of pleading guilty or no contest or being convicted by a jury during the initial trial phase of their case. For most defendants, the next logical step is to appeal the conviction whether it is based on technical defects that occurred during the trial or insufficiency of the evidence presented at trial. Appeals from criminal defendants in Tennessee often make their way to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals or Tennessee Supreme Court, where appellants find themselves fighting an uphill battle due to the standard of review employed by those courts.

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).