[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/bill-cosby-sentencing-issues\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/bill-cosby-sentencing-issues\/","headline":"Bill Cosby Sentencing Issues","name":"Bill Cosby Sentencing Issues","description":"Brian Zeiger is quoted in the USA Today article regarding sentencing options for Cosby.   The defense team is vowing to appeal his conviction. As he left the courthouse Thursday, lead defense attorney Tom Mesereau vowed, \u201cThe fight is not over,\u201d indicating his intent to appeal....","datePublished":"2018-04-27","dateModified":"2024-06-19","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/author\/brianzeiger\/#Person","name":"Brian Zeiger, LLC","url":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/author\/brianzeiger\/","identifier":12,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb403eca94a17a864a2072734e4c5daa47399fd028c5fabaa5499fc0d7c474cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb403eca94a17a864a2072734e4c5daa47399fd028c5fabaa5499fc0d7c474cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Zeiger Firm","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo.png","url":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/logo.png","width":257,"height":59}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/What-Happens-at-a-Sentencing-Hearing.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/What-Happens-at-a-Sentencing-Hearing.jpeg","height":328,"width":500},"url":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/bill-cosby-sentencing-issues\/","about":["Appeals"],"wordCount":245,"articleBody":"Brian Zeiger is quoted in the USA Today article regarding sentencing options for Cosby. The defense team is vowing to appeal his conviction.As he left the courthouse Thursday, lead defense attorney Tom Mesereau vowed, \u201cThe fight is not over,\u201d indicating his intent to appeal. However, an appeal cannot proceed until Cosby is sentenced.\u201cAfter the day of sentencing, you have 10 days to file a motion for reconsideration for certain things, like there wasn\u2019t enough evidence to convict or something is wrong with the sentencing,\u201d Zeiger explains. \u201cThe 10-day motion stops the clock on everything. \u2026 It\u2019s there intentionally for certain things that allow a trial court to correct simple mistakes.\u201dNext, he says, the judge would have the power to correct the mistake pointed out in the 10-day motion and remedy it. \u201cIt could be a new trial; it could be new sentencing. If the 10-day motion is denied, the case moves to a higher court and the judge then just has to write an opinion explaining why he ruled a certain way and then the superior court has jurisdiction at that point.\u201dHe adds that if the issues the defense plans to raise on appeal don\u2019t fit the parameters of a 10-day motion, they can immediately file a notice of appeal within 30 days of sentencing. \u201cBut if you don\u2019t put (the tiny mistakes) in the 10-day motion, you can\u2019t appeal them at a later date.\u201dThanks Jayme Deerwester."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bill Cosby Sentencing Issues","item":"https:\/\/brianzeiger.com\/blog\/bill-cosby-sentencing-issues\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]