Hello again, and today, I wanted to talk to you about another issue that can be fought in post-conviction relief: juvenile certifications. Suppose someone has been tragically sentenced to a lifetime or a very long period of time in prison when that person was actually just a child. That person was 16 years old or…
Many innocent people are tragically convicted and sent to prison, so today I decided to write about some statistics about exonerations in cases and just how proficient the system is at putting innocent people in prison. Many times throughout my practice I’ve seen that there are many people who are exonerated and there are some…
Hello There. Today I would like to write about the 11.07 writ process as it pertains to immigration consequences and how those things might lead to relief for you. If you were not a citizen in the United States or you were here on permanent residency status, that fact may have been affected by your…
Attorney conflicts of interest is a smaller known claim that relates to ineffective assistance of counsel, attorney conflict of interest, on an 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus. In terms of ineffective assistance of counsel, this means that the attorney might have had a conflict of interest, meaning they represented some adverse party previously, or at…
Ineffective assistance of counsel as it pertains to your trial attorney’s advice on parole eligibility is a very important topic in the field of post-conviction relief. So today, so I’m writing about it and how this ground may be able to help your case. As you may know, there are different parole eligibility options for…
There are a few lesser-known grounds in an 11.07 Writ that are very important to know about. You’ve heard me talk a lot of times about some of the most common grounds: ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial misconduct, due process violations. Well, today I wanted to write about a few of the lesser-known grounds that…
Gathering records is the first step of the writ process. The process can sometimes be tedious and frustrating. Thankfully, there is a method to the madness. In this blog post, we will provide details on how to navigate those waters. The records that you want to obtain are: The record on appeal. The defense file. The…
With Google getting the majority of online search traffic, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the searches being done on the platform in the Abilene area for family law-related words. We were a little bit surprised by what we found. Over the last year the majority of the searches were…
A new guide to the federal prison system will help those convicted of federal crimes and their families in navigating how the federal prison system works. On March 8, 2021 The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice released a new manual on How to Navigate the Federal Prison…
