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Max B was sentenced to 75 years last September for masterminding a 2006 robbery and murder. Now that an appeal has been granted, Biggavelli tells 1515 via phone from the State Penn in NJ, why he fired his former lawyer and why he remains optimistic.

“Anytime you lose a trial, on most occasions, people will fire their trial lawyer. You would need to do something like that. For those who’s not familiar with legal terms, it’s called ineffective assistance of counsel — that’s when your lawyer fails to do his obligated duties. I ain’t supposed to be in here in the first place. My charges were excessive. I was never at the scene of the crime. It’s very insufficient. Just off that alone, I’ll be back. It ain’t about me being convicted. It’s about: Can this conviction stand up in an appellate court? If they deny me on this one, then I’mma do an interview and tell the people, ‘Don’t wait up on me.’ It’s gonna be about four, five, six years later than that.”