Heaters is a small unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. Heaters is situated about three miles north of Flatwoods on U.S. Route 19, which is a paved two-lane road. Access to I-79 is at Flatwoods. Heater's United States Postal Service ZIP Code is 26627. Heaters has no stoplight, no gas station, nor a general store, although it does have a post office. It used to have two bars, "The Boardwalk" and "Nancy's. " Both are now closed. The Boardwalk has become a restaurant, and Nancy's closed outright. Its most significant business is a Weyerhaeuser plant that manufactures oriented strand board building material.

Criminal Appeals Law Lawyers In Heaters West Virginia

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What is criminal appeals law?

A criminal appeal is a formal request to rehear a case that has already been decided -- a request that a new court reconsider the decision of the first court. When one or both sides of a case that has already been decided think there was a mistake made at trial, they can file an appeal. An appeal is entirely different than a jury trial. There is no testimony taken. The court of appeals decides the case entirely upon the written briefs filed by your attorney and the offie of the Attorney General who represents the prosecution and asks that the conviction be upheld.

Answers to criminal appeals law issues in West Virginia

After conviction and sentencing, a defendant has the opportunity to file an appeal of his sentence. If the conviction...