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Eleby v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-07-18
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Laverne Copeland, (Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC), Jesup, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessica Brooke Haygood, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
Case Number: S24A0129

Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates sentences for armed robbery and conspiracy due to merger error

Torres v. State of Texas

Publication Date: 2024-02-19
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-22-00135-CR

Appellant pled guilty to the third-degree felony offense of possession of one or more grams but less than four grams of methamphetamine.

Ex Parte Allen

Publication Date: 2023-01-02
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Litigation
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-22-00133-CR

Earl Wade Allen was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly causing bodily harm to William Christopher Scott when he shot him.

U.S. v. Benjamin

Publication Date: 2022-12-15
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
Judge: District Judge J. Paul Oetken
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Case Number: 21-CR-706

Dismissal of Bribery, Honest Services Fraud Charges Against Lieutenant Governor Explained

August 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Selective Prosecution Defense

This article explores the law on selective prosecution and why, despite the long odds against success, it may still make sense from a defense perspective to assert the claim.

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Cook v. State of Texas

Publication Date: 2021-11-01
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-20-00001-CR

A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault at trial, successfully showed how the trial court erred in its administration of the trial.

Biggers v. State of Texas

Publication Date: 2021-10-25
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-20-00129-CR

Appellant was charged by indictment with first degree felony of manufacture or delivery of methamphetamine.

U.S. v. Sessoms

Publication Date: 2021-10-19
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
Judge: District Judge Frederic Block
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the United States: Chand W. Edwards-Balfour, Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
for defendant: For the Defendant: Sam Allen Schmidt, New York, New York.
Case Number: 04-CR-706

Indicative Ruling Under Rule 37(a)(3) Grants Compassionate Release If Case Remanded

Osorio Lopez v. State of Texas

Publication Date: 2021-05-10
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-18-00197-CR

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Ray v. Dennis

Publication Date: 2020-04-20
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 06-19-00072-CV

The parties owned adjoining lots in a subdivision, and a dispute arose in 2015 when appellees asserted that a barbed-wire fence separating the lots encroached on their property.