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Re: Petition for Post-Conviction Relief

Spanish translation: re: petición/solicitud/recurso de amparo/reparación de los derechos lesionados/ posterior a la.....

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English term or phrase:Re: Petition for Post-Conviction Relief
Spanish translation:re: petición/solicitud/recurso de amparo/reparación de los derechos lesionados/ posterior a la.....
Entered by: Robert Copeland

11:33 Sep 26, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
English term or phrase: Re: Petition for Post-Conviction Relief
Re: Petition for Post-Conviction Relief

Dear Mr.:


The Court has appointed me to represent you in this matter. I have been practicing law for over twenty years and am admitted to practice in Arizona, California and before the United States Supreme Court. I have tried many cases to juries and handled many appeals. I graduated from Stanford University and Villanova University Law School.


A Petition for Post-Conviction Relief is different from an appeal. We will be able to raise matters not contained on the record (the Court’s File and the transcripts of hearings, etc.) These are the grounds that can be addressed in this proceeding:

1. The conviction or the sentence was in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of this state (most commonly ineffective assistance of counsel).
2. The court was without jurisdiction to render judgment or to impose sentence.
3. The sentence imposed exceeded the maximum authorized by law or is otherwise not in accordance with the sentence
authorized by law.
4. The person is being held in custody after his sentence has expired.
5. Newly discovered material facts probably exist and that the facts probably would have changed the verdict or sentence. Newly discovered material facts exist if:

(a) The newly discovered material facts were discovered after the trial.
(b) The defendant exercised due diligence in securing the newly discovered material facts.
(c) The newly discovered material facts are not merely cumulative or used solely for impeachment, unless the impeachment evidence substantially undermines testimony which was of critical significance at trial such that the evidence probably would have changed the verdict or sentence.

6. The defendant's failure to appeal from the judgment or sentence, or both, within the prescribed time was without fault on his part.
7. There has been a significant change in the law that if determined to apply to the defendant's case would probably overturn the defendant's conviction or sentence.
Robert Copeland
United States
Local time: 14:27
re: petición/solicitud/recurso de amparo/reparación de los derechos lesionados/ posterior a la.....
Explanation:
"...condena".

Check with the AVH Legal,pages 386, "petition" and 434, "relief 1".-
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MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 20:27
Grading comment
Thanks!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2re: petición/solicitud/recurso de amparo/reparación de los derechos lesionados/ posterior a la.....
MikeGarcia
4 +1solicitiud/petición/petitorio de remedio posterior al dictado de condena
Dolores Vázquez
4Solicitud de reparación judicial debido a/ con motivo de la condena penal/fallo condenatorio
Ius Translation
3petición/recurso de desagravio post-condena
Mónica Algazi


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
re: petition for post-conviction relief
petición/recurso de desagravio post-condena


Explanation:
¿Será?

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 15:27
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
re: petition for post-conviction relief
solicitiud/petición/petitorio de remedio posterior al dictado de condena


Explanation:
OK


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/law_general/283...
Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maru Villanueva
5 hrs
  -> Gracias.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
re: petition for post-conviction relief
re: petición/solicitud/recurso de amparo/reparación de los derechos lesionados/ posterior a la.....


Explanation:
"...condena".

Check with the AVH Legal,pages 386, "petition" and 434, "relief 1".-

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 20:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 661
Grading comment
Thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter: In U.S. law this is a petition in a new court action regarding the case, not an appeal; in Mexico it might translate 'recurso de amparo posterior a la condena', as in this suggestion.
40 mins
  -> Thanks.- As a matter of fact, I did not try to convey a specific meaning for a specific country; being a lawyer, I know these things vary in each legislation. I just tried to convey the translation as I understood it, and validated it with the AVH legal.
agree  Egmont
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, Egmont.-
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
re: petition for post-conviction relief
Solicitud de reparación judicial debido a/ con motivo de la condena penal/fallo condenatorio


Explanation:
According to Cabanella de las Cuevas Law Dictionary, page 577:

Post conviction remedies:
Acciones y recursos que corresponden luego de la condena penal a quien ha sido objeto de ésta.

Relief: reparación judicial de un ilícito p. 639 –same dictionary-



Ius Translation
United States
Local time: 14:27
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28
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