CRIMINAL APPEALS

After a guilty verdict, the criminal justice system can seem hopeless. You trusted the judge, jury, and lawyers on your case to exonerate you from allegations, but they did not attain justice for you. Where do you go from here?

Holly Peace specializes in criminal appeals and can help you navigate the next step in the process. Your case is not over after the trial – Holly can take your case to the next level for review.  Whether it is the Georgia Court of Appeals or Supreme Court of Georgia, she is admitted in both courts and has the know-how to undo the unjust result of your case.  Holly has argued appeals in Fayette, Coweta, Spalding, Upson, Pike, Meriwether, Clayton, Carroll, Troup, Henry, Butts, Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Lamar, and Fulton County.

Holly gained notoriety for winning her first appeal in the Georgia Court of Appeals.  You can read about it here: https://www.georgiapol.com/2018/07/09/ga-court-of-appeals-establishes-mullet-doctrine/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter.

 Highlights from Appellate Practice

• Wiggins v. State - Court of Appeals reversed conviction based on trial court's erroneous ruling on motion to suppress: https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/2018/a18a0611.html
• Delgado v. State - Court of Appeals reversed conviction due to trial court replacing holdout juror:

              https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/2020/a20a1096.html

• O'Shields v. State - Court of Appeals reversed conviction based on trial court not giving requested lesser included charge during jury charges: https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/court-of-appeals/2019/a19a0899.html

2026: Motion for New Trial granted in Spalding County based on Judge not reading Faretta rights prior to trial 

2025: Supreme Court of Georgia remanded a Bibb County case based on trial court's erroneous ruling on a speedy trial demand

2025: Prison sentence reduced 5 years after motion for new trial in Troup County where the trial court misapplied recidivist statute 

2024: Murder charges dismissed in Coweta County after trial attorney perjured themselves at the motion for new trial hearing, 

Call now to find out how Holly can help you in appealing a conviction, reducing a sentence, or withdrawing your plea.