Denver, Colorado, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

Prisoners can generally file two kinds of actions related to their imprisonment: a habeas action and a civil rights action. The two actions bear different functions. Habeas actions are designed to challenge a conviction or sentence; civil rights actions are designed to obtain Rodri... More...   $0 (02-20-2025 - CO)

Corpus Christi, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving a tractor-trailer into the primary inspection lane at the Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint. Upon initial inspection, a K-9 alerted to the possible presence of humans in the trailer
Truck driver pleads g... More...   $0 (02-13-2025 - TX)

Wichita, Kansas pro se Plaintiff seught a writ of habeas corpus.

In 1993, a Kansas court sentenced Brent L. Alford to prison, and he remains confined under that judgment. In 2011, he unsuccessfully challenged the judgment in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas application. In 2024, he filed another habeas application. Concluding the latest application was an unauthorized second or successive one, ... More...   $0 (02-11-2025 - KS)

Stockton, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Dfendant charged with first degree robbery (§ 211) and dissuading a witness by force or threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1)).

n 2013, defendant pleaded guilty to first degree robbery (§ 211) and dissuading a witness by force or threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1)). He admitted a firearm use enhancement in connection with the robbery ch... More...   $0 (02-11-2025 - CA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

David Rogers was convicted for lews acts with a child under 16. He unsuccessfully sought a writ of habeas corpus.

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To address Mr. Brumit’s request, we consider whether his appellate
arguments are reasonably debatable. See Laurson v. Leyba, 507 F.3d 1230,
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Vernon, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a habeas corpus action.

The petitioner, James Mitchell, appeals following the denial of his petition for certification to appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the habeas court (1) abused its discretion in denying his petit... More...   $0 (02-04-2025 - CO)

Legal issue Can the admission of irrelevant and prejudicial evidence violate the Due Process Clause by rendering a criminal trial fundamentally unfair?
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CRIMINAL LAW. DUE PROCESS AND EVIDENTIARY ADMISSION. The case addresses whether the admission of irrelevant and prejudicial evidence concerning the defendant's personal life at trial violated the Due Process Clause by renderi... More...   $0 (01-21-2025 - OK)

Middleburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with simple assault.

On January 22, 2020, the trial court sentenced LoDuca to 199 days to two years less one day of incarceration with credit for time served on the count of terroristic threats and one year of probation on the count of simple assault ("Original Sentence"). On the same day, LoDuca was sente... More...   $0 (01-21-2025 - PA)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant convicted of murder and seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

In June 2013, Fagbemi Miranda was convicted of first-degree murder in Massachusetts state court.
At the jury trial, defense counsel's aim was to discredit the government's key witness, advancing the theory that Miranda's brother was instead responsible for the s... More...   $0 (01-03-2025 - MA)

Upper Marlboro, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Edgar Gerardo Escobar Sosa, appellant, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony or crime of violence.... More...   $0 (12-27-2024 - MD)

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sexual assault upon his nineteen-year-old son.

The victim alleged that Means had sexually assaulted him on at least three separate occasions while they lived in Nevada. Means had first pleaded not guilty to one count of open or gross lewdness and three counts of sexual assault.

At trial, a... More...   $0 (12-20-2024 - NV)

Florence, South Carolina civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

Duane Harrison seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for relief from the court's prior order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. He also seeks to appeal the district court's order denying reconsideration. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge... More...   $0 (12-19-2024 - SC)

Yerington, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking postconviction relief.


In his petition, McDaniel contended that (1) he was entitled to 196 days of credit for presentence confinement, (2) he was entitled to an additional 30 days of credit for post-sentence confinement, and (3) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the sentencing court's dec... More...   $0 (11-20-2024 - NV)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff sentenced to death.

An Oklahoma jury convicted Mica Martinez of two counts of first-degree
murder and sentenced him to death. He now seeks federal habeas relief, contending
that (1) his appellate counsel ineffectively chose not to raise a claim of trial counsel’s
ineffective investigation of and presenta... More...   $0 (11-19-2024 - OK)

Maysville, Missouri lawyers represented the defendant.

The Attorney General seeks a permanent writ of prohibition or mandamus preventing the Honorable Drew F. Davis ("Respondent") from ordering Victor Vickers ("Vickers") released from custody following the issuance of a preliminary writ of habeas corpus. Because Respondent acted in excess of its authority and abused its discretion when it... More...   $0 (11-19-2024 - MO)

Carlsbad, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant writ of habeas corpus case.


Does the Earned Meritorious Deductions Act (EMDA) create a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. NMSA 1978, § 33-2-34 (2015); see Miller v. Tafoya, 2003-NMSC-025, ¶¶ 12, 23, 134 N.M. 335, 76 P.3d 1092. In this case, we discuss the differenc... More...   $0 (11-18-2024 - NM)