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.
Mandan is a city in Morton County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Morton County. It is a core city of the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,718 at the 2000 census. Mandan was founded in 1879 and became the county seat in 1881. Mandan is located just across the Missouri River from Bismarck. Mandan is home to the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives