In this video, Wallin & Klarich founding partners, Paul Wallin and Stephen Klarich, deep dive into the differences between a criminal appeal and a writ of habeas corpus.


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Transcript:
Paul J. Wallin: [00:04:57] Ok. Joanna, from TikTok, how can I help you, dear?

Joanna: [00:05:02] Hi, I just had a question for you guys.

Paul J. Wallin: [00:05:05] Okay.

Joanna: [00:05:06] All right. So my boyfriend was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and there was a gun charge added and he was sentenced to 18 years. Do you think your law firm can help him out to determine what new laws are in effect that could possibly shorten his sentence?

Paul J. Wallin: [00:05:22] Steve, why don't you take that?

Stephen D. Klarich: [00:05:23] Yes, absolutely. Laws have changed since he was convicted. An example of your boyfriend's case or your husband's case. It's AB 1509 enhancements used to be mandatory. They tack on additional time for owning a gun, possessing a gun at the crime at the time of the crime. Now, however, it's discretionary the judge doesn't have to give him all that time. No, I'm not saying the judge will, but he has a right to be resentenced if you look at 1170.23 as amended. You can file a writ of habeas corpus and ask to be resentenced based upon the new law, not the law. He was sentenced on, but the new law, and our firm is getting many cases exactly like those facts, actually.

Paul J. Wallin: [00:06:13] So what I recommend you do is now that you just have a basic understanding that there's something we may be able to do for him is that you contacted our office by just calling 8-774-665-245, you should write that down, 8-774-665-245 or you can go to wklaw.com And you can send us a live chat and then we can get more information about your Loved Ones case, and we can do a preliminary check to see if we can help him and if we can help them, then you guys can decide to hire us. And the best thing about it is will tell you what your chances are, so you never pay a dime until you have a basic idea of what their chances are. Do you understand?

Joanna: [00:07:01] Yeah. Thank you so much.