Tag Archives: criminal justice attorney
Alleyne vs. the United States
On June 17, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of ALLEYNE vs. UNITED STATES, Case # 11–9335, in a 5-4 opinion, overruled the 2002 Supreme Court case of Harris v. United States, 536 U. S. 545, and in doing so held any mandatory minimum sentence that increase the penalty for a crime must be … Read More
Wrongly Convicted Man “Truly Happy” After 14 Years in Prison
An Alameda County judge has overturned the conviction of an East Oakland man who served 14 years in prison for an attempted rape he did not commit. He spoke publicly for the first time. Through the use of DNA, a team lawyers and students were able to prove that the 37-year-old was not guilty. The … Read More
Funding treatment for boy accused in murder at issue (Sam Spital)
“On September 25, 2012, the UT digital edition reported a 10 year old boy is accused of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Apparently, another child tried to separate two neighborhood children who were in an altercation in which one was threatening the other with a knife; the fatal stabbing took place in a … Read More