Lansing Criminal Appeals Attorney
Michigan's Capital City Deserves Michigan's Best Appellate Representation.
Lansing is not only Michigan's state capital — it is also home to the Michigan Court of Appeals, the state's primary intermediate appellate court. When defendants from Ingham County or anywhere in the Mid-Michigan region seek appellate relief, their cases are argued in the very city where they live. Michigan criminal appeals attorney Michael B. Skinner of Skinner Law Office brings over 25 years of exclusive appellate experience to every case — and he knows the Court of Appeals from the inside out.
Whether you were convicted in the Ingham County Circuit Court, the 54-A or 54-B District Court, or anywhere in the greater Lansing area, Skinner Law Office is prepared to evaluate your case, identify viable grounds for appeal, and construct the most persuasive possible argument for reversal. Time matters — call (248) 693-4100 today.
The Lansing Legal Landscape: Ingham County Courts
Lansing felony cases are tried in the Ingham County Circuit Court at 341 S. Jefferson St. in Mason. Appeals from Ingham County Circuit Court proceed to the Michigan Court of Appeals, which is headquartered at 925 W. Ottawa Street in Lansing itself. This proximity makes the appellate process particularly relevant to Lansing-area defendants — the court that will decide your appeal is located in your own city.
The 42-day deadline for filing a claim of appeal as of right begins running immediately from sentencing in the Ingham County Circuit Court. Missing it can permanently eliminate the most powerful appellate option available. Defendants who have recently been sentenced in Lansing or Ingham County should contact Skinner Law Office without delay.
Why Lansing Defendants and Families Trust Skinner Law Office
Attorney Michael Skinner has spent his entire legal career in the Michigan appellate system. As a law clerk at a Detroit appellate firm, as an associate attorney, and now as the founder of his own practice, every case he has worked on has involved the same courts, the same legal standards, and the same kind of painstaking record analysis that Michigan criminal appeals require. Clients from Lansing and Ingham County benefit from that unbroken 25-year focus.
Attorney Skinner is admitted to the Michigan Court of Appeals, Michigan Supreme Court, U.S. District Courts for both the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He serves clients throughout Michigan, and Lansing-area clients receive the same direct, personal attention from Attorney Skinner as every other client in his statewide practice.
Grounds for Appeal in Lansing and Ingham County Cases
Attorney Skinner looks for every legally viable ground for reversal when reviewing an Ingham County criminal case. Common issues he finds include:
- Ineffective assistance of counsel — including failures that occurred in both the trial phase and the sentencing phase
- Prosecutorial misconduct in Ingham County Circuit Court proceedings
- Evidentiary errors — particularly the improper admission of other acts evidence or expert testimony that does not meet Michigan's Daubert standard
- Constitutional violations — Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment issues that were not adequately litigated at trial
- Sentencing guideline errors — with the sentencing guidelines courts in Lansing scoring them as stringently as anywhere in Michigan
- Insufficient evidence — particularly in cases relying heavily on informant testimony or circumstantial evidence
- Newly discovered evidence — including forensic advances or recanting witnesses
Lansing-Area Federal Court: Mid-Michigan Federal Appeals
Lansing is within the Western District of Michigan for federal court purposes. Attorney Skinner handles federal habeas corpus petitions and federal criminal appeals for Lansing-area defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. When state remedies are exhausted and constitutional claims remain viable, federal court provides a final avenue that Attorney Skinner is fully equipped to pursue.
Call Skinner Law Office — Criminal Appeals Attorney Serving Lansing
If you are looking for a criminal appeals attorney in Lansing or Ingham County, contact Skinner Law Office at (248) 693-4100 or mskinner@mskinner.com. Attorney Skinner will personally review your case and give you an honest, experienced assessment of your options. The appeal deadline does not wait — reach out today.
