| RIGHT TO APPEAL |
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| A defendant has a right to appeal his or her final judgment of conviction and sentence by a trial court to a state's appellate court. In order to be considered a defendant for purposes of an appeal, the defendant must have been charged with a crime or the defendant must have committed a criminal offense. More... |
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| TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE OR GOVERNMENT RECORDS |
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| A person commit the offense of evidence tampering when he or she, with the knowledge that an investigation or an official proceeding is in progress, alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or item in order to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or the official proceeding.
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| A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO CONFRONT WITNESSES |
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| Under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a defendant has a right to confront his or her adverse witnesses. This means that the defendant has a right to a face-to-face meeting with the witnesses. Included in this right is the right to cross-examine the witnesses. More... |
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| PAROLE |
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| Parole is the early release of a prisoner from incarceration. Parole is discretionary and is usually subject to certain conditions. Parole is not a commutation or a change in a prisoner's sentence. It is also not an act of clemency.More... |
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| Customs Fraud |
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| What Constitutes Customs Fraud
Fraud is defined as an intentional perversion of the truth to induce another individual into believing or doing something that they would not otherwise do. Fraud is an intentional crime.
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