Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

i have a friend who got a life sentence for armed robbery , he did not have a real gun , in the entire case he received 20 ys for kidnapping, 20 yrs for agg.assault 20yrs for highjacking a motor vehichle, 10 years for possession of a fire arm and life wothout parole for armed robbery , thru this whole order he has just lost his wife turned to crack cocaine and while he was high and looking for more drugs he did all of this but the gun he used was a toy gun ...... he had 5 years prevoius had a conviction of drugs and robbery , can he appeal his life conviction, was a great guy until he got hooked on drugs , this guy is a good guy and has lost both parents and can be a valuabel citizen , he had a drug addiction, he needed help not a life sentence , os there anything we can do to help get an appeal


Asked on 9/09/09, 12:22 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Scott Riddle Law Office of Scott B. Riddle, LLC

A message board is not the place to argue a criminal case. Your friend can speak to his lawyer.

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Answered on 9/14/09, 7:56 pm
Lawrence Lewis Lawrence Lewis, P.C.

I disagree with Scott. A message board is a great place to address this issue. Your friend had a jury trial, because I know he did not plead to all of these charges. A JURY TRIAL. Everyone should undersand what that means. 12 average citizens, not lawyers, not prosecutors, not judges, listened to the case, and determined that your friend needs to go away. 12 average citizens listened to the evidence, and maybe to your friend if he testified, and voted that society would be better off without him. The jury did not tell you he was a bad guy, just that his judgment is soo poor that we don't need him to exercise anymore judgment in society. Can you appeal that, sure you can. put your money together and hire an attorney to undue the vote of teh 12 concerned citizens (who did not really want to come to serve on a jury in the first place)

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Answered on 12/04/10, 10:07 am


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