Research guides on federal criminal appeals, grounded in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Title 28 of the United States Code.
Finality under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, the 14-day notice-of-appeal rule under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b), the right to counsel under 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, and post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 — with verbatim statutory text.
The 14-day criminal deadline under Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A), extensions under Rule 4(b)(4), reopening under Rule 4(a)(6), and the jurisdictional rule of Bowles v. Russell — with verbatim rule text.
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