A criminal appeal is a formal request to rehear a case that has already been decided -- a request that a new court reconsider the decision of the first court. When one or both sides of a case that has already been decided think there was a mistake made at trial, they can file an appeal. An appeal is entirely different than a jury trial. There is no testimony taken. The court of appeals decides the case entirely upon the written briefs filed by your attorney and the offie of the Attorney General who represents the prosecution and asks that the conviction be upheld.
Groveland is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It has a small library, a school, a gas station, a war memorial, and Pyramid Printing Inc. It has approximately 750 residents and is located near Pekin, Illinois and Morton, Illinois. It lies within ten miles of Peoria, near Springfield Road and Edgewater Drive, which is Illinois State Route 98. Groveland is a part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.