Category Archives: Appeals

Dec 13 2015

City Ban on Assault Weapons, Large Capacity Upheld, Next Challenge in the Works

According to FBI statistics, there were 11,961 murders committed in the U.S. in 2014. 8124 of the murders were committed using handguns. 262 people were…

Dec 03 2015

Appellate Court Agrees Prosecutors “Overreached at Trial” of Analogue Act Violation, Conviction Reversed

Iobal Makkar and Gaurav Sehgal operated a small town convenience store in northeastern Oklahoma named “Gitter Done.” Big Mistake to Ask Law Enforcement for…

Nov 29 2015

Use of Drug Dog within Foot of Home Violates Forth Amendment, Case Reversed

In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in Florida v. Jardines held that the police use of a drug-sniffing dog to investigate a home and its immediate…

Nov 18 2015

Prosecutor’s Use of Perjured Testimony, Racist Rhetoric are Threat to Ordered Society

There are criminal cases in which the legal system fails. That is precisely what happened to Paysun Long, who, after 14 years, has been ordered…

Oct 17 2015

Ft. Bend District Attorney Argues Legal Loophole to Escape Grievance

On October 12, 2015, Denton County District Judge Jonathan Bailey issued a controversial ruling that effectively cleared Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey…

Oct 15 2015

Prosecutors Press for Executions Despite Questions of Innocence

The ghost of Glenn Ford will forever haunt former Louisiana prosecutor Marty Stroud. Failing to learn from Stroud’s sad example, prosecutors in Bowie County,…

Oct 12 2015

Withdrawn Plea, Vacated Convictions Included in Ever Expanding Reach of Sex Offender Registration

SORNA, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, became law in 2006. We recently posted a piece about how the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of…

Oct 10 2015

Lorenzo Johnson Released after 16 Years, Then Sent back by Supreme Court

After 16 years in prison Lorenzo Johnson was released on bail after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found the evidence upon which his conviction was…