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

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

"The judge in a criminal jury trial plays a variety of important roles, including:

Presiding over the trial: The judge is responsible for maintaining order in the courtroom and ensuring that the trial proceeds fairly. This includes making rulings on evidentiary objections, instructing the jury on the law, and ensuring that both the prosecution and defense have a fair opportunity to pr

Anchorage, Alaska criminal law lawyers represented Defendant changed with first-degree murder.

        We consolidated these two cases to resolve the following question: What is the effect of the death of a criminal defendant while an appeal is pending? John Carlin III was convicted of first-degree murder. He appealed his conviction to the court of appeals and died before the open

Superior, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree intentional homicide..

Robert Lee Bennett III, age 42, was accused of fatally stabbing his mother on September 29, 2020 who was stabbed multiple times.

Defendant apparently stabbed his mother because the want to take him to the hospital for mental health care.

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In 1985, petitioners-appellees, M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Dale Aldridge, were convicted of several counts of child sexual abuse and related offenses, and were each sentenced to life imprisonment. A full ten years later their convictions were vacated and a new trial was granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. The state appeals

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

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights.

In 2002, Plaintiff Mubarez Ahmed was convicted of murdering Lavelle Griffin and LaTanya White in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison. In 2018, Ahmed's conviction was revisited by the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit and the Universi

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR POSTCONVICTION RELIEF

         I. INTRODUCTION

         The defendant, Laurence Adams, filed a Renewed And Revised Motion For Postconviction Relief. Related discovery motions, and several memoranda and appendixes

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with first-degree manslaughter.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with first-degree manslaughter.

1 Appellant, Demarco Danzell Metoyer, was tried and convicted by a jury in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2016-5998, of two counts of First Degree Manslaughter, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711(1). The jury imposed a senten

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with eleven civil rights and obstruction charges. Specifically, Winkle pleaded guilty to five federal civil rights offenses for assaulting arrestees, and to six obstruction offenses for writing false reports to cover up the assaults.

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