Appeal Process 1
Appeal Process
James Green
July 27 2014
CJS/220
Kenneth Breiden
Appeal Process 2
When the appeal process starts it is when a case is brought before the higher courts, with the hopes of having the judge overthrow the lower courts rulings set forth by a judge or verdict of the case. In any appeal case both the prosecutor and defense has the right to appeal a case. In any case there must be sufficient evidence and legal grounds for defendants to appeal any conviction. A person who has be acquitted of a crime can not have an appeal filed against them, although the prosecutors can be filed for different charges filed against the accused. A person can not be charged with the same charge twice this will be considered double jeopardy. For example the George Zimmerman trial, George Zimmerman was acquitted on all criminal charges filed against him, but since there was such public outraged over the verdict the government tried to charge Zimmerman with other charges.
The appeal process is part of the checks and balances system, which ultimately determine how they are factored into the criminal procedures and process. This system would be defined to allow are parties their legal rights, when it comes to due process in the first stages of the legal system process. Appeals can be considered ways of pursuing goals in specific cases, that can ultimately lead to law being changed based on decisions placed by the court.
There are many ways to improve the appeal process by simply basing the case off of purely facts and not solely on the law. There have been many instances where facts and evidence have been presented in cases in which guilt was not shown or proven. In order for an appeal to be approved there must be many factors that shows the law has been misapplied substantively, based off that it can not be appealed solely based off of facts of the case in hand....