Vernon Presley, Elvis Presley's father, places a rose on his son's grave Nov. 24, 1977, as newspeople were permitted inside the grounds at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., for the first time since Elvis' funeral.
3. Federal Criminal Appeals Are Generally Slow. If immediate results are your thing, you will probably be frustrated by the federal criminal appellate experience. Generally, federal criminal appeals take many months, if not a year or more. Why? The federal courts are crowded, and the process of an appeal is, by its nature, slow. The courts, for the most part, consider each case and each legal claim individually, which takes time. Technology has helped speed up parts of the process in recent years.
1 You must file your appeal within 30 days of the date the small claims judgment was mailed to you. 2  This date will be on your copy of the small claims decision. 3  File a Notice of Appeal (Small Claims) (Form SC-140) with the small claims court.f you win the appeal. A judgment on appeal is final. 1  If you are the plaintiff, once the court sends you a notice that you won the appeal, you can go ahead with the collection of your judgment. 2  There is no 30-day waiting period, like there is after the original small claims trial.