4 Tips to Help You Win Your Criminal Appeal
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Being convicted in a criminal case can cause some serious consequences in your personal and professional life. You may lose privileges, such as driving, voting rights, and much more. You will end up paying thousands of dollars in fines and go through longer prison terms if you are convicted of a more severe felony. The […]
Court of Appeals Rules that DuPont Acted in Bad Faith but Did Not Engage in Fraud
E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont), an American chemical company that makes genetically modified crops, recently settled a lawsuit with Monsanto Company (Monsanto), a competitor in the same market. In 1992, Monsanto secured a patent on a genetically engineered trait named Roundup Ready that makes soybean plants immune to a specific herbicide called […]
Lawyers for O.J. Simpson File Latest Appeal to Overturn 2007 Robbery Conviction
Since his 2007 conviction for armed robbery and related charges, O.J. Simpson has filed several unsuccessful appeals. As a criminal appeals lawyer explains, his latest bid to the Nevada Supreme Court has just been filed on his behalf. The Case History Surrounding O.J. Simpson’s Robbery Conviction In perhaps the most famous murder trial in American history, […]
Defendant Appeals 2013 Conviction of 1950s Murder
An appeal was recently filed in the murder case involving victim Maria Ridulph. John Daniel McCollough was convicted in 2012 of the 1957 slaying, making it one of the oldest cold cases ever prosecuted. An Illinois appeals attorney can explain the basic facts and basis for the appeal. The Basic Facts of the Case In […]
Convicted Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky Loses Latest Appeal
A Pennsylvania appellate court has denied former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s latest appeal. Sandusky was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and related charges in 2012 in a case that resulted in the ousting of legendary football coach, Joe Paterno. A Pennsylvania Criminal Appeals Attorney Reviews the Facts of the Case Former Penn State assistant […]
Former Georgia Attorney Found Guilty of Murder
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Attorney Alec McNaughton found guilty of murder. It was Valentine’s Day 2009 and former Georgia attorney Alec McNaughton and his wife Cathy celebrated the holiday by exchanging cards and gifts over a nice breakfast together. They each expressed their love for each other in the cards, shared chocolates, and somehow within hours, Cathy would lay […]
Ryan Ferguson, Wrongfully Convicted and Finally Free
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Ryan Ferguson is finally free after 10 years in prison. It was Halloween night, 2001. Sports editor of the Columbia Tribune Kent Heitholt was coming off of his shift at two in the morning. In the small town of Columbia, Missouri, he walked outside to his car, but he never made it inside. He was […]