Rule 32 Handbook: Post-Conviction Relief Practice Manual, Case Law & Forms - Softcover

Hopkins Esq., Cedric Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998219614 ISBN 13: 9780998219615

Publisher: The Hopkins Law Office, P.C., 2016

Synopsis

Writing an effective pro per petition for post-conviction relief is typically your final opportunity to convince a judge to grant you relief. Do you know how to avoid having your claims precluded? What about ensuring your pro per petition is federalized and will survive federal procedural defaults in federal court? The Handbook instructs you on how to properly prepare your petition to preserve all of your claims, rights and opportunities. 30 Critical Tips to avoid fatal mistakes in preparing your petition. Over 150 case law synopses specific to Arizona law. Ready-to-Use forms relating to everything from the actual petition for post-conviction relief to requesting discovery to continuing your case in the Court of Appeals. Step-by-Step instructions on how to prepare, organize, draft and file your petition. Your petition for post-conviction relief is likely your final opportunity to challenge your sentence and conviction in State court. Don't waste that opportunity by being unprepared or relying on a jailhouse lawyer. Arm yourself with The Handbook to give yourself the greatest chance to be successful with that last opportunity.

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About the Author

Cedric Martin Hopkins maintains a private practice (The Hopkins Law Office, P.C.) focusing predominately on State and federal criminal appeals and post-conviction relief cases in California and Arizona. Cedric has taken cases from the superior court to the United States Supreme Court, and has argued before all levels of the State Courts of Appeal and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Hopkins Law Office, P.C.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0998219614
• ISBN 13: 9780998219615
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140