appeals

Unnecessary sweat and worse can be caused by waiting until the last date to meet a court's filing deadline, whether that be for filing a motion, a reply to an opponent's filing, an appeal notice, an appellate brief, or any other court document.

Many criminal defendants wanting to avoid active jail time breathe a sigh of relief when they get no active jail but instead probation. Probation, though, is no prize, even if preferable to active jail time.

The judge granted my objection to the breath testing results coming into evidence, due to the prosecutor's inability to satisfy the above-referenced 20-minute rule. The judge subsequently found my client innocent/not guilty.