California Criminal Appeals Lawyers
Experienced, Aggressive Defense
When Your Freedom
Has Been Taken Away
Let Us Appeal Your
Wrongful Conviction
If you have been convicted of or pled guilty to a state or federal crime anywhere in California, please contact the criminal appeals lawyers at the Law Offices of Robert J. Beles to discuss appealing your conviction, challenging your sentence, or moving to set aside your guilty plea.
Criminal Appeals: Examining Legal Issues of Your Conviction
No doubt, you, your family, and your friends are devastated by your conviction. However, we would like to have the opportunity to explain to you that a criminal conviction at trial does not need to be the end of your legal battle.
The criminal trial and appeals attorneys at the Law Offices of Robert J. Beles have extensive experience appealing wrongful convictions, inappropriately harsh sentences, and improper guilty pleas. Mr. Beles is a criminal law specialist certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Through the criminal appeals process, we are prepared to attack the legal issues of your case. As we are trial lawyers ourselves, we are prepared to identify what went wrong in your original trial.
Defending People Wrongfully Convicted of Crimes
Modern scientific analysis of DNA evidence has led to numerous reversals of criminal convictions, even in death penalty cases. Our criminal appeals attorneys utilize all scientific evidence and legal analysis in defense of people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes including:
Habeas Corpus Writs
As criminal appeals attorneys, we file writs of habeas corpus to challenge all improper actions at criminal trial. We have been successful appealing convictions and sentencing by investigating new evidence. We can frequently demonstrate that evidence used at trial, such as prejudicial statements or evidence gained during an illegal traffic stop or illegal search, should have been suppressed - or that evidence favorable to your defense was wrongly excluded.
Habeas corpus writs can be filed many years after appeal rights have expired if new evidence is shown.
Prosecutorial Misconduct
You or your loved ones may have experienced overzealous district attorneys bending the rules in court. This is an appealable issue and can result in a reversal of a conviction.
Poor Representation or Inadequate Investigation
Your lawyer might have done a very poor job defending you. If the attorney’s performance falls below the accepted norm, you may have been the victim of ineffective counsel. This can result in a new trial.
Failing to properly investigate your case is improper representation. If witnesses should have been called, or experts employed, call us to set the record straight.
Motions for New Trial
After a jury has found a person guilty and before sentencing, a motion for a new trial can be made. Don’t miss that opportunity. Call us to ask the court to start over again.
Jury Bias
You have a right to a jury of your peers. That means a jury fairly chosen from an unbiased panel. Prejudice has no place in the courtroom or in any other part of our society. If you believe you were the victim of racial, gender, ethnic or religious prejudice, call us.
From the California Court of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court
Our criminal appeals experience includes appeals handled through the California Court of Appeals, the California Supreme Court, the United States District Courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
To schedule a consultation with a confident California criminal appeals lawyer about your options after a guilty plea or criminal conviction, contact the Law Offices of Robert J. Beles.
