This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred
Chestnut (“Chestnut�), Andrew Stewart, Jr. (“Stewart�), and Ransom Watkins (“Watkins�)
(collectively, “Plaintiffs�) for felony murder of a 14-year-old boy named DeWitt Duckett in
1983. (ECF No. 1.) On November 25, 2019, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City granted the
Plaintiffs... More...   $0 (02-27-2022 - MD)

Idaho Falls, Idaho first-degree murder charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brian Leigh Dripps, Sr., age 55, who was charged with killing and raping an 18-year-old woman in 1996, a crime for which another man was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 20 years.

The mother of Angie Dodge sought to have investigators take another look at the evidence, including DNA, evid... More...   $0 (06-09-2021 - ID)

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

This case arises out of the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Plaintiffs Alfred
Chestnut (“Chestnut�), Andrew Stewart, Jr. (“Stewart�), and Ransom Watkins (“Watkins�)
(collectively, “Plaintiffsâ€�) for felony murder of a 14-year-ol... More...   $48000000 (04-28-2021 - MD)

With newly discovered confessions and DNA evidence pointing to the prosecution’s chief witness as the actual killer, prosecutors dropped all charges against Clemente Javier Aguirre (pictured, center, at his exoneration) in a Seminole County, Florida courtroom on November 5, 2018. The dismissal of the charges made Aguirre the 164th wrongfully convicted death-row prisoner to be exonerated in the U... More...   $0 (11-07-2018 - DL)

Defendant-appellant Trashon McCray appeals the judgment of the
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court convicting him, after a jury trial, of murder,
felonious assault, and two counts of having a weapon while under a disability.
Finding no merit to his assignments of error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
{¶2} On March 21, 2014, at the end of the school day, students walked f... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - OH)

Defendant-appellant Trashon McCray appeals the judgment of the
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court convicting him, after a jury trial, of murder,
felonious assault, and two counts of having a weapon while under a disability.
Finding no merit to his assignments of error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
{¶2} On March 21, 2014, at the end of the school day, students walked f... More...   $0 (05-30-2017 - OH)

The evidence presented at trial established that on January 19, 2012, the Defendant shot and killed his girlfriend, Pashea Fisher, and Pashea‟s1 parents, Arithio and Patricia Fisher, at the victims‟ home. The Defendant also attempted to kill Pashea‟s brother, A‟Reco Fisher. The Defendant then fled the scene in Pashea‟s vehicle with his and Pashea‟s four-year-ol... More...   $0 (08-22-2016 - TN)

Nicholas Rhodes was HIV positive when he came in contact with A.P. on a social networking site. After exchanging messages, A.P invited Rhoades to his home. A.P. understood Rhoades to be HIV negative, in part because of Rhoades’s online profile. Rhoades and A.P. engaged in consensual unprotected oral and protected anal sex at A.P.’s home. When A.P. learned that Rhoades was HIV positive, he cont... More...   $0 (04-15-2016 - IA)

Ahmad Issaoui died from multiple gunshot wounds suffered in the course of
the robbery of an illegal gaming room where he was employed as a security guard.
A grand jury indicted Broussard for the capital murder of Issaoui.
Most of the facts of Issaoui’s murder and the robbery were undisputed at the
jury trial. Issaoui was shot four times at close range and died from these injuri... More...   $0 (03-08-2016 - TX)

On July 24, 2001, Phillip McCloskey, a 69-year old retiree, picked up Sampson, who was hitchhiking. Sampson murdered Mr. McCloskey with a knife and attempted to steal his automobile. On July 27, 2001, Sampson was hitchhiking again. He was picked up by Jonathan Rizzo, a college student. Sampson murdered Mr. Rizzo by tying him to a tree and stabbing him to death. Sampson then stole Mr. Rizzo'... More...   $0 (11-30-2015 - MA)

1.
A constitution-based claim for venue change can arise under a theory of presumed or actual prejudice. Presumed prejudice occurs when pretrial publicity is so pervasive and prejudicial that there can be no expectation of an unbiased jury pool in the community. In deciding whether to presume prejudice under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an appellate court considers se... More...   $0 (11-27-2015 - KS)

Prisoners sentenced to death in the State of Oklahoma
filed an action in federal court under Rev. Stat. §1979, 42
U. S. C. §1983, contending that the method of execution
now used by the State violates the Eighth Amendment
because it creates an unacceptable risk of severe pain.
They argue that midazolam, the first drug employed in the
State’s current three-drug protocol,... More...   $0 (06-30-2015 - DC)

In an original wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602), appellant, Elias V.,
then 13 years of age, was alleged to have committed a lewd and lascivious act upon a
child under the age of 14 years. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).)1
Prior to and again at the
time of the jurisdictional hearing, defense counsel moved to exclude inculpatory
statements appellant made to the poli... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - CA)

This is a case of mistaken identity arising from the
separate arrests and detentions of Kelvin Gant and Jose
Alexander Ventura based on warrants intended for other
people. Appellants filed over twenty federal and state law
claims alleging that various defendants issued flawed
warrants, improperly arrested them, or improperly detained
them. The district court ruled against a... More...   $0 (11-24-2014 - CA)

In 1988, Ronald Williamson and Dennis Fritz were wrongly convicted of the rape
and murder of Debra Sue Carter. Both men were later exonerated after spending over a
decade in jail. Their painful story caught the attention of renowned legal-fiction author
John Grisham, who wrote a book about Williamson appropriately titled The Innocent
Man. Fritz also wrote a book, Journey Toward Jus... More...   $0 (02-01-2010 - )

This case concerns an injury to a sea captain and the subsequent settlement of his claims by the third-party plaintiffs. The present appeal arises out of the third-party plaintiffs' attempt to recover the sums paid to settle the maritime personal injury action. Specifically, the third-party plaintiffs seek indemnity, contribution and equitable subrogation from the third-party defendants, who alleg... More...   $0 (07-21-2009 - FL)

The Hearing Panel bases its recommendation upon many of the same facts which provided the foundation for the removal proceeding in which Sims was removed by this Court from the elected office of prosecuting attorney for Logan County. Those facts were discussed in detail in Sims I, supra. The only facts that we need to enumerate in this opinion are those which we did not previously consider. After ... More...   $0 (11-04-2002 - WV)

Marshall, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with raping an 11-year-old girl.

"In the early morning hours of January 18, 1988, a man broke into a home in Albion, Michigan and sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl. The girl was taken to the hospital where a sexual assault kit was prepared.

Later that day, an Albion police officer who lived a block from... More...   $0 (10-04-1998 - MI)

Tulsa County, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Sedrick Ramon Courtney with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: , ROBBERY WITH FIREARM (S)/FELONY AFCF , in violation of 21 O.S. 0801
Date Of Offense: 04/06/1995

Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: COURTNEY, SEDRICK RAMON
Disposed: CONVICTION, 02/16/1996. Jury Trial.
Count as Disposed:ROBBERY/ATT... More...   $0 (02-08-1996 - OK)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Defendant was charged with murder.

Edward Baker, a 17-year-old African American was accused to participating the the murder of Steven Gibbons.

According the the Superior Court of Pennsylvania:

"On December 20, 1973, Steven Gibbons was found dead in his home. The house had been thoroughly ransacked. The body of the deceased was bound and gagged... More...   $0 (09-27-1974 - PA)