North Carolina Assignment of Counsel by Office of Indigent Defense Services in Capital Cases at Post-Conviction Level

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.

After Sentencing: Once the judge imposes sentence, defendants may ask the judge to rule on collateral matters. Those being sentenced to federal prison may ask the judge to resolve three matters:Those with sentences of less than 10 years may request time to get their affairs in order and report to prison voluntarily.

A defendant who has been given a sentence of jail time often wonders whether or not they will be taken to jail immediately.So, in short: yes, someone may go to jail immediately after sentencing, possibly until their trial.

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.

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.

When a court case is completed and the offender has been found guilty or pleads guilty, they may be ordered by the court to be incarcerated. This is the sentencing part of the court process. Sometimes an offender is sentenced to serve time in a state facility or they may be sentenced to serve time in a county jail.

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.

Types of sentences include probation, fines, short-term incarceration, suspended sentences, which only take effect if the convict fails to meet certain conditions, payment of restitution to the victim, community service, or drug and alcohol rehabilitation for minor crimes.