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If a defendant is found guilty, they can mount an appeal to higher courts in an attempt to have their conviction overturned.

Prosecutors said Bradford had two prior strike convictions before the fatal shooting.

He added: "This was, of course, long before his crimes were known of and his subsequent conviction."

A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has won his appeal against his conviction.

A judge ordered his deportation after his first conviction overturned his legal residency, but he remained in the United States because Cuba often does not accept deportees, lawyers said.