1.A district court is justified in denying a defendant's request for new counsel if there is a reasonable basis for believing the attorney-client relationship has not deteriorated to a point that appointed counsel could not give effective aid in the presentation of the client's defense.
2. K.S.A. 60-401(b) defines relevant evidence as "evidence having any tendency in reaso
Christopher C. Tapp appeals from his conviction for first degree murder and rape. Tapp argues that the district court erred by not suppressing the statements he made in a series of police interviews. In the alternative, he contends the sentences imposed are excessive.
Idaho Falls, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, rape, and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.
Christopher Tapp, age 20, was accused of raping and stabbing Angie Dodge, age 18, to death in her apartment on June 13, 1996. Her body was found when she failed to show up for work.
Baltimore, Maryland criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with not paying over employment taxes to the IRS on behalf of his company’s employees.
Jonas Purisch, of Baltimore, operated two employee staffing companies, Titan Staffing Network, Inc and Titan Services, LLC. Both companies provided workers for third-party manufacturing businesses in Maryland. As the owner and opera
Kenneth Ast appeals from the district court's denial of summary judgment on Joel Alcox's deprivation-of-liberty and conspiracy claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because the parties are familiar with the facts of the case, we do not recount them here, except as necessary to provide context to our ruling on the specific issues we address. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Joel Alcox, a/k/a Joel Albert Alcox v. James Hartley, Warden
On May 8, 1987, in Santa Barbara Superior Court case no. SM50213, a jury convicted
petitioner Joel Alcox, aka Joel Albert Alcox, of one count of first degree murder in violation of California Penal Code ("P.C") § 187 (count 1), one count of robbery in violation of P.C. § 211 (count 2), and one count of first degree burglary in violation of P.C. § 459 (count 3), and the jury found it to be t
In re Joel Alcox, On Habeas Corpus. The People v. Joel Alcox
This case serves as a textbook example of a court impermissibly "second-guessing" criminal defense counsel's tactical decisions in derogation of United States and California Supreme Court precedent. We reverse and conclude, on the merits, that Joel Alcox (defendant) received the effective assistance of counsel at his murder trial almost 20 years ago.
The People of the State of California v. Joel Alcox
Santa Barbara, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, Robbery, burglary and unlawful entry.
On the evening of February 16, 1986, 49-year-old Thakorbhai Patel, the owner of the Lompoc Motel in Lompoc, California, was shot three times and killed in the motel lobby after walking in on two men who were burglarizing the motel’s untended cash register.
Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud in connection with a spoofing scheme in the gold and silver futures markets.
Oakland, California criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with seven counts involving sexually abusive conduct against three female victims who were serving prison sentences and one count of making false statements to government agents.
United States of America v. Richard J. Rosser, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in disaster-related loan benefits made available in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 1985, petitioners-appellees, M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Dale Aldridge, were convicted of several counts of child sexual abuse and related offenses, and were each sentenced to life imprisonment. A full ten years later their convictions were vacated and a new trial was granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. The state appeals
At 12:58 p.m. on February 7, 2000, 18-year-old Donovan Allen called 911 and reported that he found his 49-year-old mother, Sharon Cox, injured and bleeding on the floor of her bedroom in Longview, Washington.
Emergency personnel were unable to revive Cox. An autopsy later showed that she had been struck four times in the head with a blunt object and manually strangled. There were signs of
This petition for habeas corpus arises from the state's failure to correct the false and misleading testimony of one of its key witnesses in the trial of the petitioner, Sean Adams, who, following that trial, was convicted of murder and other offenses, and sentenced to 100 years in prison. The respondent, the commissioner of correction, appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which rever
The petitioner, Sean Adams, appeals from the judgment of the habeas court
[17 A.3d 480]
denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly concluded that he failed to prove that the state withheld impeachment evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.
At 2 a.m. on December 14, 1996, 23-year-old Jason Smith was fatally shot and two others—19-year-old Marvin Ogman and 22-year-old Andre Clark—were wounded when four men opened fire with semi-automatic weapons in New Haven, Connecticut.
Police said the three victims were members of the Ghe
Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights.
In 2002, Plaintiff Mubarez Ahmed was convicted of murdering Lavelle Griffin and LaTanya White in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison. In 2018, Ahmed's conviction was revisited by the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit and the Universi
Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with orchestrating an unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic.
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, rape and robbery.
On October 3, 1984, 15-year-old Kristina Hickey disappeared while walking home from a high school choir performance in Park Forest, Illinois. Her body was found two days later behind a shopping mall. She had been raped and stabbed.
United States of America v. Izzat Freitekh and Tarik Freitekh
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with fraudulently submitted loan applications seeking more than $1.7 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
