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Martin Hoke: Can you flesh that out a little for us, Ed? How much time does somebody have now, after they have been convicted of a…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
Can you flesh that out a little for us, Ed? How much time does somebody have now, after they have been convicted of a capital crime, and I mean convicted through the entire appellate process, so I think people should understand that we are not talking about--habeas corpus does not begin upon conviction at trial. You are convicted at the trial level, and then typically there is an appeal to the first appellate level, and then there is another appeal to the second appellate level, which would probably be the State Supreme Court. Am I correct on that?
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio

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Inquiring about the timeline for appeals in capital crime convictions.

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