Todd & Julie Chrisley's Next Steps After "Difficult" Day of Sentencing

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Todd and Julie Chrisley’s lawyer said the pair’s religion "gives them spot arsenic they entreaty their convictions." Learn astir their "difficult day" receiving situation sentences and what is adjacent for them.

Todd & Julie Chrisley SENTENCED successful Tax Fraud Case

Todd and Julie Chrisley are readying to proceed their fight.

The couple, who were each sentenced to aggregate years successful prison for fraud convictions connected Nov. 21, person plans for the aboriginal of their case, arsenic the family's lawyer Alex Little of Burr & Forman LLP tells E! News.

"Yesterday was a hard time for the Chrisley family," Little said successful a Nov. 22 statement. "But Todd and Julie are radical of faith, and that religion gives them spot arsenic they entreaty their convictions."

Little made allegations astir issues wrong the Chrisley Knows Best stars' trial, which concluded June 7 aft astir 3 weeks of testimonies.

"Their proceedings was marred by superior and repeated errors, including the authorities lying to jurors astir what taxes the mates paid," the connection continued. "Based connected these issues, we are optimistic astir the roadworthy ahead."

U.S. Attorney's Office's nationalist accusation serviceman successful Georgia declined to remark erstwhile contacted by E! News.

On Nov. 21, Todd was sentenced to 12 years down bars portion Julie was sentenced to 7 years successful national prison. This determination comes aft the brace were recovered guilty on 12 counts—which included ligament fraud, conspiracy to perpetrate slope fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States—by an Atlanta national assemblage successful June. They pled not blameworthy to all.

Following the jury's decision, Todd's lawyer told E! News that helium was "disappointed successful the verdict" and that they program to appeal.

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At the time, attorney Kate Mangels, who is not affiliated with the case, exclusively told E! News her thoughts on the determination to appeal.

"I would accidental it's a precise debased percent of appeals that get granted," Kate, who is an subordinate lawyer astatine Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP, said successful June. "There's truthful overmuch grounds brought that adjacent if possibly 1 portion of grounds was improperly brought oregon 1 witnesser was excluded, an appeals tribunal could inactive accidental astatine the extremity of the time that wasn't important and that wasn't prejudicial truthful adjacent though we find an error, we're not going to overturn and we're not going to bash a caller trial."

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