Decision Making In A Criminal Case Analysis

If the verdict in a criminal case does not produce the intended results and a defendant still maintains his innocence, one has a legal right to appeal the conviction. Keith S. Hampton, Attorney at Law, has been a criminal attorney in the Austin, Texas, area for more than two decades, and he understands the processes involved in appealing a conviction. It's important to remember that a lower court's verdict doesn't have to be the end of the story.

Here, Attorney Hampton offers some legal advice and breaks the appeals process down into three fundamental steps.

Strategy: The first step to appealing a conviction is to figure out the proper legal avenues to pursue. Is the defendant asking for the verdict to be overturned and a new verdict of "not