RESULTS: Reduced Sentence – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Meet our client, an 18-year-old African refugee who found himself facing a daunting sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. However something didn’t sit right with us. After digging deeper, we discovered his case was far more complex than it seemed. As attorneys Jacob Blizzard and…
RESULTS: Client’s Aggravated Assault Sentence Reduced from 13 years to 9 years with an 11.07 Writ Application Jacob Blizzard and Morgan Walker were hired to challenge Client’s sentence. Client was an 18-year-old African refugee at the time of his sentencing. Client had pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and allowed the Court…
RESULTS: 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel On March 29, 2023, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted our client’s 11.07 writ of habeas corpus application on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. In 2020, our client was convicted of theft and aggravated assault. He was sentenced to 16 months…
RESULTS: 11.07 Writ Successful On April 19, 2023, the Court of Criminal Appeals granted our client’s 11.07 writ of habeas corpus application on the basis of actual innocence and involuntary plea. In 2017, our client was convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, a third-degree felony, and sentenced to 15 years in…
RESULTS: Innocent – State Felony Case 11.072 Writ In 2014, our client was convicted of Theft of Material, specifically aluminum – which is a Texas state jail felony offense. He was ordered to two years in state jail, and probated for three years. We filed an 11.072 writ of habeas corpus application on…
RESULTS: We recently represented a client who had pled guilty as part of a plea deal in Abilene, Texas to Possession of Marijuana in a Drug-Free Zone. It’s a 3rd Degree Felony. Little did he know at the time he pled, due to bad parole advice and ineffective assistance of counsel, he was actually facing…
RESULTS: New Trial – Organized Criminal Activity Our client gets a new trial after he was convicted of engaging in organized criminal activity and sentenced to 54 years in prison. We filed an 11.07 application for a writ of habeas corpus seeking an out-of-time appeal because the client’s trial attorney failed to file a notice…
RESULTS: 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus case where Jacob represented Mr. Weiershausen after Mr. Weiershausen had taken a plea on a drug possession charge in a drug-free zone. After researching through court records and investigation of the case, criminal appeal attorney Jacob Blizzard discovered that both of Mr. Weiershausen’s attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel…
RESULTS: Conviction Overturned Our client had pled guilty to Possession of Marijuana in a Drug-Free Zone for 5 years’ confinement. Due to ineffective assistance of counsel and bad parole advice, the client was not aware that his charge would require him to serve 5 years without parole. Attorneys Sarah Durham and Jacob Blizzard filed an…
