Mitigation Law
 
United States of America v. Jose Miguel Cordero

Atlanta, GA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a
one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography charge.



In 2013, Cordero, pursuant to a written plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one
count of accessing with intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2252(a

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United States of America v. Delvin Tinker

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm while a convicted felon charge. He now seeks compassionate release because of Covid-19.



We start with Tinker’s contention that the district court
erred by assuming the existence of “extraordinary and compelling
re

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MARCUS BERNARD WILLIAMS V. STATE OF ALABAMA

Huntsville, AL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with capital murder, burglary and attempted rape charges.



On November 6, 1996, Mr. Williams returned home after a night of drinking
and smoking marijuana with friends. Williams v. State, 795 So. 2d 753, 761 (Ala.
Crim. App. 1999). Upon arriving home, he

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United States of America v. Navistar, Inc.

Chicago, IL:In 2015, the United States filed suit against Navistar alleging that in 2010, after lower emission standards went into effect, the company introduced into commerce 7,749 HDDEs that were not certified and did not meet the lower emission standards. Navistar had marketed and sold the engines installed in its international-branded trucks as being EPA-certified model year 2009 engines even

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TIMOTHY L. COLEMAN v. MARGARET BRADSHAW, Warden

Cincinnati, Ohio- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a aggravated murder charge. He is an Ohio prisoner, sentenced to death, he now appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.



On January 2, 1996, Timothy Coleman killed Melinda Stevens to keep her from
testifying against him at hi

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United States of America v. James Quay a/k/a Stephen Jameson

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with
two counts of securities fraud charges. He now appeals his below-Guidelines sentence. He contends the sentence is procedurally and substantively unreasonable



Quay, a former attorney and investment advisor, pleaded guilty to two counts of
sec

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United States of America v. Tyheed Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with six counts of possessing a firearm while a felon and one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute charges.



In 2018, Jefferson pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey to six counts o

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United States of America v. SANTOS CASTILLO-TORRES

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a unlawful reentry charge.



At sentencing, Castillo's prior Puerto Rico criminal
conviction appropriately became a subject of the district court's
focus. As originally presented, the Presentence Report (PSR)
stated that "on September 9, 2020 at

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United States of America v. BENNY RUPERTO-RIVERA

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon charge.



We briefly rehearse the relevant facts and travel of the
case. Where, as here, "a sentencing appeal follows a guilty plea,
'we glean the relevant facts from the change-of-plea co

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. US Stem Cell Clinic, LLC, et al.

Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with being alleged that the stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act charge.



Since 2001 the FDA has regulated human cells, tissues, and cellular and
tissue-based products or “HCT/Ps,” which the FDA defines as “art

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United States of America v. DELVIN DEON TINKER

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm while a convicted felon charge.



We start with Tinker’s contention that the district court
erred by assuming the existence of “extraordinary and compelling
reasons” without making explicit findings.
In relevan

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United States of America v. Jesse Ballard

Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a felon in possession of a firearm charge.



Ballard pleaded guilty in this case to being a felon in possession of a firearm. This is, of course, a very serious and potentially dangerous crime.
At the first sentencing hearing, on October 22, 2018, the <

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IN RE: JAMES HANNA

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with direct appeal and state postconviction remedies for a death sentence.




Hanna was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. He exhausted directappeal and state postconviction remedies, then filed a federal habeas corpus petition, which

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United States of America v. Ricky Allen Fackrell; Christopher Emory Cramer

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with being sentenced to death for a prison murder charge.



Ricky Allen Fackrell and Christopher Cramer were imprisoned at
USP Beaumont. Both were convicted of the June 2014 prison murder of Leo
Johns. Fackrell was a lieutenant in the Soldiers of Ar

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Dr. Rachel Tudor v. Southeastern Oklahoma State University, et al.

Dr. Rachel Tudor sued her former employer, Southeastern Oklahoma State
University, under Title VII, claiming discrimination on the basis of sex, retaliation,
and a hostile work environment after Southeastern denied her tenure, denied her the
opportunity to reapply for tenure, and ultimately terminated her from the university.
A jury found in favor of Dr. Tudor on her discrimin

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United States of America v. US STEM CELL CLINIC, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, US STEM CELL, INC., a Florida profit corporation, KRISTIN C. COMELLA, individually

Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with a charge alleging the stem cell procedure violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (codified at 21 MaU.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.).



Since 2001 the FDA has regulated human cells, tissues, and cellular and
tissue-based products or “HCT/Ps,

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United States of America v. JOSE MIGUEL CORDERO

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant for a accessing with intent to view child pornography charge.



In 2013, Cordero, pursuant to a written plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one
count of accessing with intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b

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United States of America v. JOSE MIGUEL CORDERO

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an accessing with intent to view child pornography charge.



In 2013, Cordero, pursuant to a written plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one
count of accessing with intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and

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United States of America v. DYLANN STORM ROOF Criminal Death Penalty

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and one weapon-possession count charges.



I. OVERVIEW
In 2015, Dylann Storm Roof, then 21 years old, shot and killed nine members of the
historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (

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WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; WARNER BROS. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, INC. D/B/A WARNER BROS. ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES; TMZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.; EHM PRODUCTION, INC. D/B/A TMZ; TMZ.COM; AND ELIZABETH MCKERNAN, PETITIONERS, v. ROBERT JONES, RESPONDENT

Austin, Texas - Defamation lawyer represented defendant with a defamation lawsuit charge.



Robert Jones is a former Dallas Cowboys football star who played ten seasons in the
National Football League (NFL). His illustrious career is marked by several notable
accomplishments: first-round draft pick in 1992, NFL Roo

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United States of America v. COREY GRANT

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charge.



In March 1987, law enforcement officials in Elizabeth,
New Jersey learned of gang activities emanating from a group
known as the E-Port Posse. Led by an

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United States of America v. CARLOS A. RODRÍGUEZ-CRUZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it charge.



We briefly rehearse the facts and travel of the case.
When — as in this case — a criminal defendant appeals the sentence
imposed following a guilty plea, "we glean the relevant facts

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United States of America v. LINCOLN GABRIEL PUPO

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a federal crime of carjacking charge.



On January 15, 2018, two women returned to their parked
car after enjoying a meal at a Longhorn Steakhouse in Guaynabo,
Puerto Rico. As they settled into the car, Pupo approached the
driver's side window a

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United States of America v. JOSÉ PADILLA-GALARZA a/k/a Joey

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with armed bank robbery and related crimes charges.



Defendant-appellant José PadillaGalarza, having created a ruckus before a jury empaneled to hear
criminal charges against him for armed bank robbery and related
crimes, tries to turn the tables. He a

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United States of America v. DANIEL FREDERICKSON

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a violating his supervised release charge.



We recount the facts as presented at Frederickson's
revocation hearing in the light most favorable to the government,
see United States v. Oquendo-Rivera, 586 F.3d 63, 66-67 (1st Cir.
2009), except wh

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