Everything You Wanted to Know About Appealing a Case
If you’re not happy with the judge’s order or decision in a court trial regarding a criminal or civil case, you can, in most cases, request an appeal in court. There can be several grounds for appeal. For instance, you may appeal a case citing an error of law in prior proceedings. Such errors could […]
8 Steps That Help You Win Your Criminal Appeal
Getting charged with a crime and being convicted can drastically affect your life. Once you are convicted, you may be facing jail time along with other serious punishments. But being convicted is not the end, not all hope is lost. According to Chicago criminal appeals attorneys, you still have the constitutional right to appeal your […]
How a Conflict of State and Local Laws Can Muddy Open Carry Laws
While Texas law allows citizens to openly carry firearms, local law can sometimes conflict. A Texas appeal attorney can discuss how these laws are applied and how this conflict may have been the root of one man’s recent controversial run-in with law enforcement. A Texas Federal Appeals Attorney Discusses Texas’s Open Carry LawTexas is one […]
The BFF Killers
Skylar Neese was a 16-year-old, straight-A student at University High School in Star City, West Virginia. She was the only daughter of Dave and Mary Neese who not only excelled academically, but also in her job at a local fast food restaurant. When she failed to show up for work one day, her parents became […]
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail
Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel Released on Bail The night before Halloween in 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut was just like any other for local teenagers who liked to prank houses in their neighborhood by ringing the doorbell and running away or toilet papering houses. Those types of harmless activities were just what 15-year-old Martha Moxley was […]
Woman Stabs Boyfriend 25 Times With Heel of Stiletto
If you search for the phrase odd murder weapons online, you will find stories of homicides that have been committed with many different, and yes, odd objects. From spatulas to icicles, to an Xbox360 and a bowling ball, people seem to use whatever is at their disposal when the time comes to end another persons […]
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts
New Sentencing Hearings for Close to 100 Illinois Convicts The Illinois Supreme Court decided on March 20, 2014 that inmates that are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for homicides they committed as minors will now be granted new sentencing hearings. There are currently about 100 convicts that will receive a chance […]
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos
Massachusetts Court Ruling on Upskirt Photos The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has overruled a lower court’s decision to arrest and prosecute a man for taking photos up women’s skirts and dresses. In 2010, Michael Robertson was arrested in a sting after transit police had received reports that while riding the subway in Boston, he […]
Fort Hood, Texas Sees More Loss and Devastation
It has not even been five years since the terrifying mass shooting that took 13 lives in Fort Hood, Texas. Yet the headlines read all the same on April 2, 2014: another shooting spree with multiple fatalities. On April 2, 2014, Sergeant Ivan Lopez was in a medical building when he began firing his .45 […]
Brownstone Law Mentioned in Recent Riverfront Times News Article
Brownstone Law, an appellate attorney who specializes in post-conviction appeals at our firm, Brownstone Law, was mentioned in a recent article posted on the Riverfront Time, a news outlet in St. Louis, Missouri. Brownstone Law was hired by Cornealious Michael Anderson, a client who was sentenced to thirteen years in prison for a conviction of […]