Merardo Garza appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his convictions for rape of a child under 14 years of age and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. After a nonevidentiary hearing, the district court rejected Garza's multiple claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

        The facts of Garza's conviction are fo

In 1983, defendant, Reginald Adams, was convicted of first degree murder, a violation of R.S. 14:30. The Louisiana Supreme Court later reversed defendant's conviction, vacated his sentence and remanded the case for a new trial. State v. Adams, 550 So.2d 595 (La.1989). The defendant was recharged by an amended bill of indictment with second degree murder, a violation of 14:30.1. After a new trial,

New Orleans, Louisiana civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

01/06/2016 80  EXPARTE/CONSENT MOTION to Withdraw Fred L. Herman as Attorney by Leon Cannizzaro, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Herman, Fred) (Entered: 01/06/2016)
01/07/2016 81  ORDER granting 80 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney. Attorney Fred L. Herman

"The judge in a criminal jury trial plays a variety of important roles, including:

Presiding over the trial: The judge is responsible for maintaining order in the courtroom and ensuring that the trial proceeds fairly. This includes making rulings on evidentiary objections, instructing the jury on the law, and ensuring that both the prosecution and defense have a fair opportunity to pr

Anchorage, Alaska criminal law lawyers represented Defendant changed with first-degree murder.

        We consolidated these two cases to resolve the following question: What is the effect of the death of a criminal defendant while an appeal is pending? John Carlin III was convicted of first-degree murder. He appealed his conviction to the court of appeals and died before the open

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

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

Sean Adams, petitioner, was convicted by jury verdict of:

        Murder, a violation of General Statutes Sec. 53a-54a, which provides for a penalty of not less than 25 years nor more than life incarceration (statutorily defined as 60 years); Conspiracy to Commit Murder, violations of C.G.S. Secs. 53a-48 and 53a-54a, which provides for a penalty of not less than one year nor more