Sample matters
Appeals and motions, by outcome
Each one is an invented example of the work, written to show the range: losses appealed, wins defended, sentences corrected. An owner replaces them with real matters.
Reversed
Contract dispute, judgment for the other side
The trial court read a notice clause against its plain terms. The appellate court read it as written and sent the case back for judgment for our client.
2025 · Sample matter
A reversal sends a case back to the trial court; it doesn't always end the dispute.
Remanded for a new trial
Burglary conviction
A juror's answers in jury selection were never followed up. The objection had been made at trial, and the court ordered a new one.
2025 · Sample matter
A new trial is a second chance at the case, not an acquittal.
Affirmed for our client
Boundary judgment, appealed by a neighbor
We defended a win from a bench trial. The court affirmed without a written opinion, and the judgment stood.
2024 · Sample matter
Affirmance keeps the result; the cost of defending an appeal is its own.
Sentence vacated
Post-conviction motion, plea offer never passed on
Trial counsel never told the client about a plea offer. After an evidentiary hearing, the court vacated the sentence and let the client accept the offer.
2024 · Sample matter
Post-conviction relief depends on facts proved at a hearing.
Resentenced
Drug trafficking sentence, scoring error
Points were scored twice for the same prior offense. On appeal the State agreed, and the client was resentenced under the correct score.
2023 · Sample matter
A corrected score changes the range, not always the sentence.
Injunction dissolved
Early appeal of a temporary injunction, small business
The order didn't state the findings the law requires. The appellate court dissolved it, and the business reopened while the case went on.
2023 · Sample matter
An early appeal decides the order, not the lawsuit.
Sample matters written for this template; an owner replaces them with real ones. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome, and every appeal turns on its own record.
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