A Comprehensive Case Review (CCR) includes an entire review of the case, from day one to present day. This review includes files from the arresting agency, FDLE, Clerk of Court, and the State Attorney. A CCR is a thorough and comprehensive review of ALL available case documents including but not limited to: pretrial hearings and filings; police reports; discovery demands and responses; all documents, depositions, and/or evidence used during trial and not used in trial; all transcripts; as well as anything filed post-conviction which includes pro se litigant and appellate filings. This may also involve additional investigative services recommended or conducted (additional fees).
Post-Conviction Alliance will be looking for any claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, illegal sentence, technical violations, Brady violations, Giglio violations, issues of double jeopardy, constitutional violations, changes in the law that may affect the convicted individual, and any other claim with merit that can be brought before the court to obtain post-conviction relief. A Comprehensive Case Summary and Legal Memorandum is drafted by our legal team for each client outlining the procedural history and, when applicable, identifying any potential claims with merit and recommendations for further investigations or reinvestigation, and/or filings. If our Comprehensive Case Summary and Legal Memorandum does not produce favorable findings that could be presented to the court on your behalf, there will be a detailed outline describing why there are no avenues or remedies at this time for post-conviction relief.
The intention of a CCR is to dig deep into older cases that have exceeded their timely filings per the Rules of Criminal and Appellate Procedures if the incarcerated person would like a thorough and exhaustive review of all facets of the case to a) ascertain if there are any possible remedies still in existence not yet raised, and b) if no remedies are found, to provide the individual with answers, if possible, to why certain filings are not possible at this time.
A person requesting a comprehensive case review hopes the results of an exhaustive review and legal analysis will identify or develop claims that can be presented to the court on their behalf without being procedurally barred by the courts.
