Handling Criminal Appeals

Part One: Initial Considerations
Chapter 1 Overview; Duties of Counsel
Chapter 2 The Decision to Appeal
Chapter 3 Bail
Chapter 4 Initial Procedures

Part Two: The Record
Chapter 5 Making and Preserving the Record at Trial
Chapter 6 The Record on Appeal
Chapter 7 Record Review and Analysis
Chapter 8 Record Augmentation and Correction

Part Three: Writing the Brief
Chapter 9 General Considerations
Chapter 10 Factual Statements
Chapter 11 Formulating the Issues
Chapter 12 Argument
Chapter 13 Research and Citation
Chapter 14 The Reply Brief

Part Four: Handling Recurrent Issues
Chapter 15 Misconduct
Chapter 16 Denial of Effective Representation
Chapter 17 Substantive and Procedural Error

Part Five: Specialized Appeals
Chapter 18 Appeal From a Guilty Plea
Chapter 19 Review of Sentence
Chapter 20 The "No Merit" Appeal
Chapter 21 Collateral Attack

Part Six: The Prosecutor on Appeal
Chapter 22 General Consideration
Chapter 23 The Respondent's Brief

Part Seven: Oral Advocacy
Chapter 24 General Considerations
Chapter 25 Techniques of Oral Argument

Part Eight: The Opinion and Discretionary Review
Chapter 26 The Opinion
Chapter 27 Seeking Discretionary Review

Appendix A. The Review from the Appellate Bench
Appendix B. American Bar Association Standards Relating to the Administration of Criminal Justice
Index