Mississippi Motion For Post-Conviction Relief

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A motion is a written request to the court to take a certain action. The court will either grant or deny the motion in accordance with law and court rules. This document, a Motion for Post-Conviction Relief, is a model motion requesting the named action from the court (or a general motion form). Adapt to fit your facts and circumstances. Available for download now in standard format(s). USLF control no. MS-61660
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Attorneys charge a sum between $400 to $1,400 per criminal charge. Attorney fees could rise to between $1000 to $4000 if the criminal case is complicated. If you can't afford the fee to file a petition for expungement, you or your attorney may request a fee waiver.

In law, post conviction refers to the legal process which takes place after a trial results in conviction of the defendant. After conviction, a court will proceed with sentencing the guilty party.The goal of these proceedings is exoneration, or proving a convicted person innocent.

The term post-conviction relief refers to legal channels by which defendants convicted of a crime can seek to get their convictions overturned, sentences modified, records expunged or civil rights reinstated.

POSTCONVICTION RELIEF: a remedy the defendant may seek after a criminal conviction, attempting to reduce a sentence or reverse a lower court's decision; includes postconviction motions filed in the circuit court or appeals filed in the Court of Appeals.

The most common basis for relief in a petition for post-conviction relief is that a client did not receive effective assistance of counsel in connection with a guilty plea, at trial, at sentencing, or on appeal.

A defendant who requests post-conviction relief asks the court to vacate or modify a judgment of conviction, or to reduce or modify a sentence. 2 PROCESS. The process for requesting post-conviction relief is contained in Rules 32 and 33 of the Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Post-conviction relief is a procedure that allows the defendant in a criminal case to bring more evidence or raise additional issues in a case after a judgment has been made (post-trial). With valid grounds, post-conviction relief can help you obtain a fair resolution in your case.

You must not be on probation at the time of application. You must not be charged in any current criminal cases. The crime that put you on the record must not have resulted in a state prison sentence.

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Mississippi Motion For Post-Conviction Relief