Habeas Corpus Law
 
David Nino v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant David Nino with indecency with a child and sexual assault of a child charges.



When the complainant, C.R., was twelve years old, appellant, her stepfather,
began sexually abusing her. Although C.R. did not know the precise number of
times the abuse occurred, sh... More...
   $0 (12-13-2020 - TX)

Steven Wallace Hopkins v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Steven Wallace Hopkins with a Aggravated Sexual Assault charge.



A grand jury indicted Hopkins for aggravated sexual assault. The indictment
alleged that Hopkins intentionally and knowingly caused his mouth to contact the
sexual organ of J.S., a disabled indi... More...
   $0 (12-13-2020 - TX)

Keith Smith v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Keith Smith with a f sexual assault of a child charge.




The indictment in this case was filed in the 339th District Court of Harris
County. The indictment alleged that on July 7, 2014, Smith committed the offense
of aggravated assault by placing his sexu... More...
   $0 (12-11-2020 - TX)

In re Thairin Walker

Houston, TX - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Thairin Arnell Walker with a writ of mandamus.



Relator, Thairin Arnell Walker, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus
asking that we compel the trial court to rule on his petition for writ of habeas corpus.1
Relator has not presented a sufficient record for t... More...
   $0 (12-11-2020 - TX)

Ex parte Octavian Becciu v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Octavian Becciu with writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside the order of deferred adjudication on the basis that his guilty plea was not voluntary.




On December 16, 2011, appellant was involved in an altercation with his
girlfriend, and he was arrested an... More...
   $0 (12-11-2020 - )

In re Sherman Marvin Frank

Houston, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Sherman Marvin Frank with filing a petition for writ of mandamus.



Relator, Sherman Marvin Frank, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to rule on his motion for discovery so that he can obtain documents necessary to seek habeas relief.1More...
   $0 (12-10-2020 - TX)

Victor John Oballe v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Victor John Oballe with contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to support his conviction.




The complainant, Kimberly Rubio, testified that from June 2018 until October
2018, she was in a dating relationship with appellant. On September 17, 20... More...
   $0 (12-09-2020 - TX)

United States of America v. Axel Noel Rodriguez Rivera

Corpus Christi, Texas conspiracy to commit mail fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Axel Noel Rodriguez Rivera.

Axel Noel Rodriguez Rivera was charged with using multiple mail center mailboxes to receive cocaine through the mail.

�Illegal drugs have no business being a part of the mail stream,� said Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez of the U.S. Postal Insp... More...
   $0 (12-03-2020 - TX)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DEONDRE DAVIS WILSON

Sioux Falls, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Deondre Wilson with claiming the existence of plain error through the admission of certain evidence and the prosecutor’s closing argument. Wilson directs an additional challenge to his assault convictions, arguing that their domestic designation reflects an essential element that was not proven at ... More...   $0 (11-30-2020 - SD)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARLOS C. QUEVEDO

Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster with claiming his sentence is unconstitutional because it violates categorical limitations placed upon sentences for juveniles and because it is disproportionately harsh.



Carlos Quevedo spent the evening of January 17, 2017, ingesting coldMore...
   $0 (11-30-2020 - SD)

DUSTIN MELVIN DAVISON v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City, OK - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with first degree murder.



On the afternoon of May 18, 2015, K.B., the two-year-old son of Jennifer Young, died at Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City. Earlier that day, K.B. had suffered multiple blunt force traumas to his head and torso, res... More...
   $0 (11-28-2020 - OK)

Anthony Mottin v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of stolen property.



Richard Malone, a field manager for Air Liquide Pipeline who worked in the
Chambers County office, testified that his co-worker, Brian Woods, would often
park his airboat at the office. Sometime after Thanksgiving 201... More...
   $0 (11-25-2020 - TX)

STATE OF OHIO vs. LASHAWN PETTUS

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant LaShawn Pettus with appeals the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court’s judgment overruling his 2019 “Motion to Vacate the Void Judicial Sanction Sentence.”



In his “Motion to Vacate the Void Judicial Sanction Sentence,” Pettus
sought an order vacating the six-... More...
   $0 (11-17-2020 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. DAVID CRAWFORD

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant David Crawford with presenting on appeal a single assignment of error challenging the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court’s judgment overruling his “Motion for Resentencing Based on Void and Nonfinal Appealable Order.” W.




{¶2} In 2007, Crawford was convicted... More...
   $0 (11-12-2020 - OH)

Duane Eugene Owen v. State of Florida

West Palm Beach, FL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Duane Eugene Owen with appealing an order of the circuit court denying his successive motion to vacate his sentence of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851.




In 1984, Owen forcibly entered a home in which fourteen-year-old Karen
Sla... More...
   $0 (11-07-2020 - FL)

Joseph B. Sprofera vs. State of Missouri

Liberty, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant JOSEPH B. SPROFERA for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 29.15.



On March 2, 2012, Sprofera was charged by a substitute information with
first-degree statutory rape in violation of § 566.032. The information alleged
Sprofera had sexual intercourse... More...
   $0 (11-03-2020 - MO)

STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. JESSE LAWRENCE LENTE

Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant JESSE LAWRENCE LENTE with denying his motion for reduction of sentence.


On appeal, Defendant maintains the district court erred by concluding that it
2 lacked jurisdiction to consider Defendant’s motion to reconsider his sentence, filed
3 under Rule 5-801(A)... More...
   $0 (10-31-2020 - NM)

RONELL WILLIAMS v. STATE OF KANSAS

Kansas City, KS - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Ronell Williams charged with two counts of premeditated first degree murder arising from the death of two victims.


Ronell Williams committed a very serious, violent crime when
he was 14 years old and, as a result, was convicted of two counts of premeditated f... More...
   $0 (10-31-2020 - KS)

Donavan Ramos v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Donavan Ramos with Appealing From a Pretrial Order.



Donavan Ramos attempts to appeal from the trial court’s order granting the
State’s pretrial motion to hold him without bond. In a letter dated August 18, 2020,
we notified Ramos of our concern that we l... More...
   $0 (10-30-2020 - TX)

Andrew Colby Livingston v. The State of Texas

Gainesville TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Andrew Colby Livingston charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children.




A. The offense alleged against Appellant
Appellant was indicted for committing “two or more acts of sexual abuse
against children younger than 14 years of age”... More...
   $0 (10-29-2020 - TX)

Ex parte Jason Lee Van Dyke

Denton TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jason Lee Van Dyke Doster charged with for making a false police report.



One night, Jason Lee Van Dyke reported that some firearms had just been
stolen from his truck, but based on inconsistencies in what he told the responding
officers, Van Dyke was arreste... More...
   $0 (10-29-2020 - TX)

Daniel William Mohler v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster charged with Indecency with a Child.



In his initial appeal in 2016, we affirmed the trial court’s judgments. See Mohler
v. State, No. 02-15-00024-CR, 2016 WL 5442066, at *7 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Sept.
29, 2016, pet. ref’d) (mem. op.,... More...
   $0 (10-28-2020 - TX)

Ex parte Eligah Darnell, Jr.

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Eligah Darnell, Jr. with appealing three rulings related to his pretrial habeas applications.


In a related appeal, we upheld the denial of
three pretrial habeas applications that Darnell filed. See Ex parte Darnell, Nos. 02-19-
00466-CR, 02-20-00046-CR, 02-20... More...
   $0 (10-27-2020 - TX)

Jose Hector Ponce a/k/a Jose H. Ponce v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jose Hector Ponce charged with possession of a firearm by afelon within five years of his release from confinement, a third-degree felony.


Appellant brings two points on appeal, arguing (1) that the trial court failed to
grant his motion for directed verdict beca... More...
   $0 (10-27-2020 - TX)

Ex parte Martez Travon Vrana

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Martez Travon Vrana for appealing from the trial court’s August 18, 2020 denial of pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus seeking bail reduction related to an aggravated robbery charge.



On August 26, 2020, Vrana filed his notice of appeal. On September 21, 2020, Vrana and... More...
   $0 (10-27-2020 - TX)

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