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.
Bremo Bluff is an unincorporated town in Fluvanna County, Virginia. It located on the James River, at the railroad junction of CSX Transportation's James River line and the Buckingham Branch Railroad's branch to Dillwyn, Virginia. The Bremo Historic District, covering a plantation which may have been designed in part by Thomas Jefferson, is located in the town, as is the Bremo Slave Chapel; the former is a National Historic Landmark, while the latter is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.