CRIMINAL APPEALS, STANDARDS RELATING TO

• NCJ Number: 2285
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 109 pages
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Sale Source: American Bar Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDARDS FOR PROCESSING CRIMINAL APPEALS.

Abstract

NECESSITY OF APPELLATE REVIEW OF CONVICTIONS IN ALL CRIMINAL CASES, ELIMINATING FRIVOLOUS APPEALS, PROVIDING ADEQUATE COUNSEL AND TRANSCRIPTS TO INDIGENT DEFENDANTS, DECREASING THE VOLUME OF APPEALS AND DELAYS IN PROCESSING APPEALS, AND PROVIDING ACCEPTABLE DETERRANTS TO TAKING APPEALS IS DISCUSSED. THE STANDARD DEALS WITH FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE APPELLATE SYSTEM AND THE NATURE OF ACCESS BY THE PARTIES TO THE APPELLATE LEVEL, FOCUSES UPON THE PROBLEMS OF TRANSITION OF CASES FROM THE TRIAL COURTS TO THE APPELLATE COURTS, AND TAKES UP MATTERS DEALING WITH THE INTERNAL PROCESSING OF APPEALS BY APPELLATE TRIBUNALS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)