Appeal
Grounds concerning evidence, legal qualification, sentence and civil orders.
Appeals
Criminal appeal and cassation.
Technical analysis of the judgment, identification of appealable parts, time-limit control and construction of grounds for appeal or cassation.
Judgment
Heads, points and reasoning
The judgment must be read by distinguishing heads, points, civil orders, sentencing and relevant reasoning passages.
An appeal requires selection: not everything that is unconvincing is automatically a useful or admissible ground.
Operational profiles
Defence work must be built on documents, timing and concrete aims.
No standard formula: every step depends on procedural position and available material.
Cassation
Review of defects that may be raised and drafting of specific grounds within legality review limits.
Time limits
Immediate control of filing, notice, deadlines and required documents.
Grounds
Appeal, cassation and limits
On appeal, different arguments may be developed from those available before the Court of Cassation. Strategy changes according to the stage, defect and concrete aims.
Cassation review is more technical and requires attention to specificity, structure and the limits of legality review.
Defence method
Rigorous document review and attention to the person.
Every choice is assessed on the actual file: timing, evidence, procedural risk and human impact of the proceedings.
Selective file review
Identification of truly decisive points without dispersing defence work into marginal issues.
Procedural conduct
Assessment of statements, submissions, productions, applications and remedies according to the procedural stage.
Human impact of proceedings
Criminal proceedings may feel like a first conviction before judgment. Defence work must take this into account with rigour and clarity.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Can every judgment be appealed?
The possibility and interest in appealing must be assessed on the documents, time limits and concrete effects of the decision.
Can cassation re-assess the facts?
Not as a new merits trial. Defects must be identified within the limits of legality review.
How important is the reasoning?
It is central. Grounds must engage with the reasoning and with the relevant documents.
Contact
Send the documents for a technical assessment.
A useful assessment requires the actual document: notice, order, report, complaint, judgment or document received.
Office in Piazza Umberto I, n. 1, 84121 Salerno, Italy. Technical and confidential criminal defence assistance.