Forth Worth, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with manslaughter.

Aaron Dean, age 38, a former Fort Worth police officer was accused of wrongfully shooting and killing Atatiana Jefferson in her own home.

Dean was dispatched in response to a non-emergency call from a neighbor to investigate a possible burglary because the front door of the home was open in 20... More...   $0 (12-21-2022 - TX)

On May 8, 1987, in Santa Barbara Superior Court case no. SM50213, a jury convicted
petitioner Joel Alcox, aka Joel Albert Alcox, of one count of first degree murder in violation of California Penal Code ("P.C") § 187 (count 1), one count of robbery in violation of P.C. § 211 (count 2), and one count of first degree burglary in violation of P.C. § 459 (count 3), and the jury found it to be t... More...   $0 (04-23-2009 - CA)

This case serves as a textbook example of a court impermissibly "second-guessing" criminal defense counsel's tactical decisions in derogation of United States and California Supreme Court precedent. We reverse and conclude, on the merits, that Joel Alcox (defendant) received the effective assistance of counsel at his murder trial almost 20 years ago.

        The People appeal... More...   $0 (03-10-2006 - CA)

Santa Barbara, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder, Robbery, burglary and unlawful entry.
On the evening of February 16, 1986, 49-year-old Thakorbhai Patel, the owner of the Lompoc Motel in Lompoc, California, was shot three times and killed in the motel lobby after walking in on two men who were burglarizing the motel’s untended cash register.
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Rome, Georgia criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with malice murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of 15-year-old Brian Bowling in 1996.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head on October 18, 1996, and died the next day. In an indictment returned August 8, 1997, appellants were charged with malice murder and conspiracy to commit murde... More...   $0 (12-09-2022 - GA)

We have on appeal the judgment of the trial court convicting Clemente
Aguirre-Jarquin (Aguirre) of two counts of first-degree murder and sentencing him
to death on both counts.1

For the following reasons, we affirm the convictions and
sentences.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Aguirre was born in Honduras in 1980 and came to the United States in More...   $0 (03-26-2009 - FL)

Sanford, Florida On the morning of June 17, 2004, 47-year-old Cheryl Williams and 68-year-old Carol Bareis were found stabbed to death in their home at 121 Vagabond Way in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Mark Van Sandt called police shortly before 9 a.m. saying he discovered the bodies when he stopped to pick up clothes for his girlfriend, Samantha Williams, who was the daughter of Cheryl Wil... More...   $0 (12-31-2006 - FL)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary.

Joseph Abbitt, age 31, was exonerated on September 2, 2009 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after serving 14 years in prison for two convictions of rape based in part on eyewitness misidentifications.
 
The Crime
 
In the early morning of May... More...   $0 (12-31-1995 - NC)

Following a jury trial, defendant, Christopher Abernathy, was found guilty of the murder, attempted aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and armed robbery of Kristina Hickey. Defendant was sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment for the murder, 30 years' imprisonment for the armed robbery and 30 years' imprisonment for the aggravated criminal sexual assa... More...   $0 (09-20-1989 - IL)

Christine Morton was beaten to death sometime during the early morning hours of August 13, 1986. A jury found her husband, Michael, guilty of her murder and assessed life imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Tex.Pen. Code Ann. § 19.02 (1974). We will affirm the judgment of the district court.
BACKGROUND

The State's view of the case can be briefly stated: Morton and his wife had a past hi... More...   $0 (12-14-1988 - TX)

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Justin Merritt was accused of killing Andy Banks.

§ 14-17. Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.

(a) A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.21, po... More...   $0 (12-02-2022 - NC)