Mitigation Law
 
STATE OF OHIO -vs- EMILE WEAVER

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Emile L. Weaver with a petition for postconviction relief.



This matter comes before us for the third time. A full recitation of the
underlying facts may be found in our prior consideration of this matter. State v. Weaver,
5th Dist. Muskingum No. CT2016-33, 2017-O... More...
   $0 (03-29-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. BELINDA ADKINS

Circleville, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Belinda Adkins with an aggravated murder charge.



The State charged Appellant with murder and aggravated murder
with a firearm for killing her husband. Appellant pleaded not guilty by reason of Lawrence App. No. 20CA3 2
insanity (“NGRI”) and sought a competen... More...
   $0 (03-28-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JOHN R. KEHOE

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented John R. Kehoe with charges of three counts of rape.



{¶2} On January 27, 2019, then Deputy Travis Christy (“Christy”) went to
the hospital in reference to a sexual assault complaint made by the victim. Doc. 3.
The victim told Christy that Kehoe pulled down her p... More...
   $0 (03-27-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. GERALD FORNSHELL

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Gerald Fornshell with a public indecency charge.




{¶2} On the same day, Mr. Fornshell visited two different Half Price Books
stores and masturbated in an aisle at both locations. Mercedes Velez visited those
same stores contemporaneously with Mr. Fornshell... More...
   $0 (03-26-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. DONALD CONLEY

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Donald Conley with a aggravated possession of drugs charge.



On November 15, 2019, Donald Conley was indicted on one count of
aggravated possession of drugs in violation of R.C. 2925.11(A), a felony of the fifth
degree. Conley was arraigned and initially pleaded ... More...
   $0 (03-23-2021 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Ariel K. Robinson, Christopher Duncan, and Timothy Shoffner

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Ariel K. Robinson, Christopher A. Duncan and Timothy David Shoffner with a contending that: the evidence is insufficient to sustain their convictions; and the trial court erred when it sentenced them.




I. Preliminary Motions and Trial
This case arises from the de... More...
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WILLIAM T. WATSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA

Daytona Beach, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented William Watson with appealing the denial of his request for a downward departure sentence, contending that the trial court failed to consider the victim as a willing participant.



Watson was twenty-five years old when he engaged in a sexual
relationship with his fi... More...
   $0 (03-17-2021 - FL)

Danna Presley Cyr v. The State of Texas

Eastland, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Danna Presley Cyr with a Injury to a Child, Elderly or Disabled Individual charge.



On the night of the incident, Appellant and her husband, Justin Cyr, were at
home near Denver City with their children J.D. and E.P. E.P. was five years old
when the incident occur... More...
   $0 (03-01-2021 - TX)

Joshua Bradley Jeffer v. The State of Texas

Eastland, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Joshua Bradley Jeffer with a Sexual Assault charge.



The indictment charged Appellant with two counts of sexual assault of K.J.
Appellant was charged in count one with intentionally and knowingly causing the
penetration of the female sexual organ of K.J. with Appella... More...
   $0 (02-27-2021 - TX)

Rigo Reyna v. The State of Texas

Texarkana, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Rigo Reyna with a Murder charge.



In his first point of error on appeal, Reyna argues that the trial court violated both his
statutory and common law right of allocution. The State argues that Reyna failed to preserve
these complaints, and we agree.
“Allocu... More...
   $0 (02-19-2021 - TX)

Marquis K Jones v. The State of Texas

Dallas, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Marquis K Jones with arguing that his revocation hearing counsel was ineffective because he did not call mitigation witnesses and because counsel assured him his probation would not be revoked, rendering his plea involuntary.



Appellant was charged with possession with intent t... More...
   $0 (02-17-2021 - TX)

State of Louisiana v. Patrick Newton Harris

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Patrick Newton Harris with a manslaughter charge.




Patrick, a facility technician, and Flowers, a service technician, were
co-workers at AT&T for 15 years. They reported for work at the same
Shreveport location, and from there were dispatched to their individu... More...
   $0 (02-05-2021 - LA)

State of Louisiana v. Patrick Newton Harris

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Patrick Newton Harris with appealing his sentence and conviction for manslaughter.




Patrick, a facility technician, and Flowers, a service technician, were
co-workers at AT&T for 15 years. They reported for work at the same
Shreveport location, and from ther... More...
   $0 (02-04-2021 - LA)

ALEXANDER BLOYER v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Lexington, KY - Criminal defense attorney represented ALEXANDER BLOYER with numerous sex offenses .




The facts underlying Bloyer’s convictions are largely irrelevant to the
question before us, so we need only note that he was charged with numerous sex
offenses and transferred to the Hart Circuit Court as a you... More...
   $0 (02-04-2021 - KY)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - ANDRE R. WILLIAMS

Warren, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Andre R. Williams with a denyial of Williams’ petition for postconviction relief..



{¶1} Andre R. Williams, an offender on Ohio’s death row, appeals from the April
11, 2019 judgment of the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, denying Williams’
petition for po... More...
   $0 (02-01-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. ANDREW JOSEPH ISRAEL

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Andrew J. Israel with appealing from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Union County finding him guilty of aggravated burglary.



On October 10, 2019, the Union County Grand Jury indicted Israel on
one count of aggravated burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.11(A)(1),... More...
   $0 (01-27-2021 - OH)

State of Tennessee v. Robert Earl Grady, Jr.

Jackson, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Robert Earl Grady, Jr. with a contending the trial court erred by imposing consecutive terms.



On October 29, 2018, a Madison County grand jury indicted the defendant for one
count of felon in possession of a firearm. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1307(b)(1)(a). Then,
on ... More...
   $0 (01-25-2021 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Tammy Lynn Walker

Knoxville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Tammy Lynn Walker with a contending that the trial court erred in determining that she made a knowing and voluntary waiver of her right to counsel and by requiring her to proceed pro se at trial when she had not executed a written waiver to the effect.



According to the af... More...
   $0 (01-25-2021 - TN)

Daniel Jacob Craven, Jr. v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Daniel Jacob Craven, Jr. with a appealing his conviction for first-degree murder and his sentence of death.



While serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for a
conviction of first-degree murder with a weapon, Craven stabbed his cellmate,
Jo... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathan Huey Lawrence with appealing his sentence of death for the 1998 firs tdegree murder of Jennifer Robinson that was imposed in a 2018 resentencing proceedings .



In 2000, Lawrence pleaded guilty to principal to the first-degree murder of
Robinson, conspiracy t... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

Robert Craft v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Robert Craft with first-degree murder and his sentence of death.




On May 16, 2018, Craft strangled and beat to death Darren W. Shira in the
cell they shared at Columbia Correctional Institution. Following Shira’s murder,
Craft confessed multiple times, i... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

James Terry Colley, Jr. v. State of Florida

- Criminal defense attorney represented James Terry Colley, Jr. with appealing two first-degree murder convictions and two corresponding sentences of death.




I. Guilt Phase
The jury in this case found Colley guilty of murdering his estranged wife,
Amanda Cloaninger Colley, and Amanda’s friend Lindy Dobbins. A... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Gerhard Hojan with appealing two sentences of death imposed during a resentencing that this Court ordered as a result of Hurst1 error. .



The evidence presented at Hojan’s 2003 trial established that, at
approximately 4 a.m. on the morning of March 11, 2002, Hojan ... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

STATE OF MONTANA v. STEVEN WAYNE KEEFE

Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Wayne Keefe with appealing the May 6, 2019 Sentence, Order to Close File, and Order Exonerating Bond issued by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, which, in relevant part, re-sentenced him to life without parole for three counts of deliberate homicide committed when he was a juvenile..... More...   $0 (01-22-2021 - MT)

United States of America v. Kenneth Eugene Barrett

Kenneth Eugene Barrett moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his death sentence based on ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.1 The district court denied relief. On appeal, this court remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether defense counsel’s performance at sentencing was deficient and prejudicial. Following the hearing, t... More...   $0 (01-19-2021 - OK)

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