Post Sentencing Defense Attorney in Spokane, WA

If you or a loved one has been convicted of a crime or lost their license after an administrative hearing, Note & Kidd is here to help. Every judgment is appealable, however, you and your post conviction attorney must act quickly.

In general, a “notice of appeal” must be filed within 30 days of a final judgment. If the conviction occurred in District Court, a defendant’s next move would be a RALJ appeal to the Superior Court in the county where the conviction occurred. A RALJ appeal is an appeal from a district or municipal court that is named after the set of rules that govern such appeals.

If the conviction under consideration occurred in Superior Court, a defendant’s next move would be to file a Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) appeal to the Washington State Court of Appeals in the division where the conviction occurred. If the defendant has unsuccessfully exhausted their Appeal as of Right (the first appeal), they may be able to petition for discretionary review in the court higher than the original that heard the Appeal as of Right.

If the defendant has exhausted all his or her appeals and is still incarcerated, he or she may be able to challenge continued imprisonment by filing a Personal Restraint Petition (PRP). Department of Licensing appeals are generally heard in the Superior Court of the county where the DUI occurred.

If you are looking for an attorney to appeal a conviction or license suspension, you need someone who is detail-oriented, up-to-date on current laws and procedures and has the creativity to formulate the arguments in the case in a manner that leads the court to reverse the conviction.

Let the post-sentencing experience of Note & Kidd work for you. Call us today.

When convicted of a felony offense, losing your civil rights is one of the unfortunate consequences of the conviction. This includes losing your right to vote and your right to sit on a jury. These rights are restored by the issuance of a “certificate and order of discharge,” which becomes available after the defendant serves the required sentence and pays the fines and restitution (LFO’s) associated with the conviction. However, the timing of obtaining the certificate and order of discharge can have profound effects on someone’s eligibility to vacate a conviction.

If you need your civil rights restored, it needs to be done right. That’s just one more good reason to hire a post conviction attorney. At Note & Kidd, we do post-sentencing right.

No single area of the law is as complicated or confusing as the laws relating to restoring gun rights. The laws are poorly written, rarely understood, and often contradicted in the overlap between state and federal laws.

If you were convicted of a felony offense or certain misdemeanor domestic violence crimes, your gun rights may have been revoked whether you were notified or not. A defendant may be eligible to restore gun rights after remaining crime free in the community for the required period of time, depending on the conviction.

Successfully restoring one’s gun rights does not automatically mean that the person can walk into a gun shop and be approved to purchase a firearm. The most frequent follow-up questions we receive from our clients after successfully restoring their gun rights relates to how to get the FBI to acknowledge the restoration. In the past we have found that submitting a NICS Voluntary Appeal File along with the proper documentation frequently solves the problem.

If you would like to restore your firearm rights, let the experience and proven track record of Note & Kidd work for you. Call us today.