Litigation and Appellate Lawyer, Kirsten Small, Quoted in The Washington Post

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Maynard Nexsen litigation and appellate attorney, Kirsten Small, commented in The Washington Post article, Why Trump’s vow to appeal his D.C. trial date probably won’t work. 

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Kirsten Small, an appellate lawyer at Maynard Nexsen, said courts severely limit what appeals can be filed before trial, particularly in criminal cases, but do allow them “where the defendant is going to lose rights that cannot be regained.” So, for example, if a defendant faced double jeopardy — being tried twice for the same alleged crime — an appeals court might intervene. “It’s sort of like an instant video replay for a court case, because it halts the play and puts it to a higher authority,” Small said. “But for that reason, it’s pretty limited.”

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