CUSTODY OR PROBATION If the Judge has the option whether to send a defendant to jail, and to decide how long the Defendant will spend in custody. On the most serious cases, the Judge can incarcerate a Defendant for up to three years for each crime, for a total of 9...
APPEAL An Appeal is the review the record of the trial court’s activities for legal error. The Court of Appeals does not consider new evidence or re-try the case. An Appeal is not another trial but an opportunity for the defendant to try to raise specific errors that...
