Habeas Corpus Law
 
Jarod Marges Phillips v State of Tennessee

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Jarod Marges Phillips with appealing the dismissal of his motion to reopen his petition for post-conviction relief.



The Petitioner was indicted for first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree felony
murder, and especially aggravated robbery, arising out of the 2009 mu... More...
   $0 (04-29-2021 - TN)

Juan C. Casiano v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Casiano with several driving
offenses



Juan Casiano entered a partially negotiated no contest plea to several driving
offenses. Since Casiano’s scoresheet reflected 21.9 sentence points, the statutory
maximum penalty was a nonstate prison sanction of up t... More...
   $0 (04-26-2021 - FL)

Jonathan Matthew McKee v. The State of Texas

Eastland, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathan Matthew McKe with a Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence charge



Jonathan Matthew McKee, Appellant, originally pleaded guilty to the offense
of tampering with physical evidence and was convicted of that offense. Appellant’s
punishment was asses... More...
   $0 (04-23-2021 - TX)

Sonny D. Silvas v. The State of Texas

Eastland, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Sonny D. Silvas with an Aggravated Assault charge



In 2011, Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The jury assessed Appellant’s punishment at imprisonment for thirty-five years and
a $10,000 fine. The trial court sentenced Appellant ... More...
   $0 (04-23-2021 - TX)

Ex Parte Justin Brian Johnston

Beaumont, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Justin Brian Johnston with filing for Habeas Corpus relief


Justin Brian Johnston, Appellant, was indicted for allegedly stalking an exgirlfriend.2 This accelerated appeal arises from the trial court’s order denying
Johnston the relief sought in his “Application for Pret... More...
   $0 (04-22-2021 - TX)

David Broadus v. The State of Texas

Beaumont, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented David Broadus with an Aggravated Assault charge



Detective Eric Thomason with the Port Arthur Police Department testified
that on January 25, 2018, he responded to a five-vehicle accident on Highway 69 in
Port Arthur, and dispatch had advised the wreck was possibly t... More...
   $0 (04-22-2021 - TX)

Kevin Dugar v. The State of Texas

Beaumont, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Kevin Dugar with a Driving While Intoxicated charge



One morning around 1:40 a.m., Officer Christopher Pratt, a police officer
employed by the Beaumont Police Department, saw an SUV traveling south on
Martin Luther King Parkway (MLK). Officer Pratt was behind the SUV... More...
   $0 (04-21-2021 - TX)

Gabriel Marin v. The State of Texas

El Paso, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Gabriel Marin with a DWI charge



In the early hours of March 31, 2018, Officer Andres Rodriguez responded to a reported
1 TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.04.2
traffic collision in El Paso. Appellant, one of the drivers, told Officer Rodriguez that he had been
involved ... More...
   $0 (04-20-2021 - TX)

Autry Madison Campos-Dowd v. The State of Texas

Amarillo, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Autry Madison Campos-Dowd with an Assault charge



Appellant was sentenced on November 2, 2020. Because appellant did not file a
motion for new trial, her notice of appeal was due within thirty days after sentence was
imposed, i.e., by December 2, 2020. See TEX. R. APP... More...
   $0 (04-20-2021 - TX)

Ex parte Joshua Searfoss

Amarillo, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Joshua Searfoss with appealing the district court’s denial of his pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus



Appellant, Joshua Searfoss, appeals the district court’s denial of his pretrial
application for writ of habeas corpus under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure... More...
   $0 (04-20-2021 - TX)

Christopher Dewayne Johnson v. The State of Texas

Dallas, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Dewayne Johnson with a Aggravated Assault charge




On September 11, 2018, Dallas police were dispatched to an apartment
complex on a stabbing call. When police arrived at the scene, they found appellant’s
wife, Yolanda Williams Johnson, seated outside... More...
   $0 (04-19-2021 - TX)

Dusty Lynn Thompson v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Dusty Lynn Thompson with a Theft of Livestock charge



The State alleged that Thompson stole cows that belonged to Coty Strain. At
trial, the jury heard evidence that on October 6, 2016, Thompson called his friend and neighbor, 2
Mike McClellan, and told him that Thompson ... More...
   $0 (04-19-2021 - TX)

In re Tom Robertson, Sr.

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Tom Robertson, Sr. with an Appeal from an Order Denying DNA Testing.



In 2006, a jury found appellant guilty of sexual assault of a child, see Tex.
Penal Code § 22.011(a)(2), and sentenced him to twenty years’ imprisonment, see id. § 12.33.
His conviction was affirm... More...
   $0 (04-19-2021 - TX)

Ex parte John Jon Nicholson v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented John Jon Nicholson with:



Challenging the trial court’s purported denials of his applications for writ of habeas corpus.
... More...
   $0 (04-11-2021 - TX)

Ex parte Michael Anthony Anderson v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael Anthony Anderson with:



Challenging the trial court’s orders in three separate trial court cases denying his pretrial applications for writ of habeas corpus. In two issues, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him
habeas relief.
... More...
   $0 (04-11-2021 - TX)

Ex Parte Michael Anthony Anderson

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael Anthony Anderson with:




ChallengING the trial court’s orders in three separate trial court cases denying his pretrial applications for writ of habeas 2
corpus. In two issues, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him
habeas relief.More...
   $0 (04-11-2021 - TX)

STATE OF OHIO -vs- DAVID KIMES II

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented David Kimes II with the decision denying his motion to suppress evidence that was discovered on his cell phone.



Officer Chris Bates of the Delaware City Police Department was on duty
and in his patrol car when he received notice that a warrant had been issued for a pe... More...
   $0 (04-01-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO -vs- WILLIAM BARNETT

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented William J. Barnett with a Rape, and Aggravated Burglary charges.



{¶2} Barnett entered a plea of guilty on April 9, 2009, to Rape in violation of R.C.
2907.02, a felony of the first degree, and Aggravated Burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.11,
a felony of the firs... More...
   $0 (03-31-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Tyrone Q. Powell, III

Circleville, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Tyrone Q. Powell, III with a murder charge.



In May 2019, law enforcement filed a complaint in the Gallia County
Common Pleas Court, Juvenile Court Division against 15-year-old Powell for the April
2019 shooting death of Powell’s father, Tyrone Powell, II. Th... More...
   $0 (03-29-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. JONATHAN HEARN

Circleville, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathan Hearn with (1) two counts of felonious assault; (2) one count of endangering children, and (3) two counts of attempted murder charges.



{¶ 2} In December 2019, a Washington County Grand Jury returned an indictment that
charged appellant with (1) two count... More...
   $0 (03-29-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JAMES A. RUSSELL

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented James A. Russell with murder and aggravated robbery charges.



{¶ 2} In 2004, Russell lived with Candace Hargrove in an apartment in Dayton.
Appellee’s Brief 3; see Appellant’s Brief 5. He and Hargrove already had one child, and
Hargrove was carrying their second ... More...
   $0 (03-26-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. ALEXANDER GONZALES

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Alexander Gonzales with multiple counts of drug possession and trafficking charges.



In 2001, Gonzales was convicted upon multiple counts of drug
possession and trafficking charged in two indictments. He unsuccessfully challenged
his convictions on direct appeal a... More...
   $0 (03-24-2021 - OH)

United States of America v. Kenneth B. Ponce

McAllen, Texas bankruptcy fraud charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kenneth B. Ponce, age 48, who was charged with conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud.

Kenneth B. Ponce is the CEO of Hidalgo County Emergency Services Foundation doing business as Hidalgo County EMS, South Texas Air Med and South Texas EMS (collectively referred to as Hidalgo County EMS). On Oct. 8, 201... More...
   $0 (03-22-2021 - TX)

PLEADRO JERMAINE SCOTT vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Miami, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Pleadro Jermaine Scott with a Denial of a Amended Second or Successive Motion for Post-Conviction Relief.



On January 29, 2021, this Court, in case number 3D21-403, granted
appellant Pleadro Jermaine Scott’s petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
seeking leave to file ... More...
   $0 (03-17-2021 - FL)

STATE OF NEBRASKA V. KARNELL D. BURTON

Lincoln, NE - Criminal defense attorney represented Karnell D. Burton with appealing from the Douglas County District Court’s denial of his motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence..



The facts in the instant case were summarized in Burton’s direct appeal to the Nebraska
Supreme Court in State v. Burto... More...
   $0 (03-15-2021 - NE)

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