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Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Rejected by Conviction Integrity Unit, 27 New York Prisoners Exonerated Anyway by When a New York appellate court tossed the conviction of Kaitlyn Conley, 32, in January 2025 for the fatal 2015 poisoning of her employer, veterinarian Mary Yoder, 60, the case returned to Oneida County District Attorney (DA) Todd …
Former Vermont Sheriff Takes Plea Deal in Sexual Assault Case by Peter Newton, 52, the former Sheriff of Addison County, Vermont, pleaded guilty in state court on January 24, 2025, to lewd and lascivious conduct and simple assault. The plea was the result of a deal that Newton cut with …
Former South Carolina Jailer Spared Prison After Testimony Fails to Convict Former Sheriff by A former South Carolina jailer who cut a plea deal and testified against his former boss is now the only one of the two to be convicted. But David Andrew Cook, 30, will not spend any …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Guard Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force at Indiana Jail Sued Nine Times in Two Years by Entering a guilty plea in federal court for the Southern District of Indiana on October 15, 2024, former Henry County Jail guard Curtis Lavon Doughty, 27, admitted using excessive force against a compliant …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Plea Deal Falls Apart for Accused 9/11 Masterminds by On August 2, 2024, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a plea agreement that military lawyers reached with three high-profile detainees accused in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. As a result, they will soon mark 22 years of confinement …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Missouri Prisoner Executed After Making—and Losing—New Plea Deal by On September 13, 2024, a Missouri judge rejected an unusual request by St. Louis prosecutor Wesley Bell to overturn the conviction of condemned state prisoner Marcellus Williams, just weeks after accepting a new plea deal that the state Supreme Court then …
Robinson v. State of South Carolina, SC, Opinion, Post-Conviction Relief, 2018 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Michael Lee Robinson, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2015-001773 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI Appeal from Greenville County Perry H. Gravely, Post-Conviction Relief Judge Opinion No. …
Brief • January 25, 2018
US v. Ricky Olson, WI, Appeal, Faulty Plea, 2018 In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 16-3583 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICKY OLSON, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. No. 16-CR-001-BBC — Barbara …
Minnesota v. Eason, MN, Opinion, Appointment of Counsel, 2018.pdf STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A16-1647 Hennepin County Lillehaug, J. Dissenting, Stras, McKeig, JJ. State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Filed: January 24, 2018 Office of Appellate Courts Jamil Joshua Eason, Appellant. ________________________ Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and …
Brief • January 24, 2018
State of South Dakota v. Hale, SD, Opinion, Plea Agreement, 2018 #28268-r-GAS 2018 S.D. 9 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, **** Plaintiff and Appellee, v. LANDON LYNDALE HALE, Defendant and Appellant. **** APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL …
Brief • December 6, 2017
State of Montana v. Terronez, MO, Appeal Brief, Sexual Assault, 2017 12/06/2017 DA 16-0611 Case Number: DA 16-0611 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 2017 MT 296 STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JASON TERRONEZ, Defendant and Appellee. APPEAL FROM: District Court of the Tenth Judicial …
State of Minnesota v. Mikulak, MN, Appeal Brief, Offender Registration, 2017 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–2087 Filed October 27, 2017 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. BRIAN PATRICK CLEMENS, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Mahaska County, Randy DeGeest, Judge. An individual appeals the denial of …
State of Montana v. Hansen, MO, Appeal Brief, Sexual Assault, 2017 11/14/2017 DA 16-0194 Case Number: DA 16-0194 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 2017 MT 280 STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. GARY HANSEN, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL FROM: District Court of the Eighth Judicial …
Statler v. Spokane County, WA, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREE~ENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims (hereidafter "this Agreement") is entered into by and between PAUL E. STATLER, 'fYLER W. GASSMAN, and ROBERT E. LARSON ("Plaintiffs") and SPOKANE COUNTY, DOUGLAS MARSKE, and …
Statler v. Spokane County, WA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2015 Case 2:15-cv-00332-TOR Document 1-2 Filed 12/02/15 RECEIVED 2 DEC 08 2015 3 SPOKANe cou•~ ,,. 'T AoorroR 4 ~ p . . p 3:03 s 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SPOKANE 7 8 9 PAUL E. …
Publication • October 1, 2015
Right to Counsel in Utah - An Assessment of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Services, Sixth Amendment Center, 2015 The right to counsel in Utah An assessment of trial-level indigent defense services October 2015 The Right to Counsel in Utah: An Assessment of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Services Copyright © 2015 by the …