Alexander Nicholas Levay Jr.'s Legal Cases (3)

Criminal defense

Commonwealth v. Ludwig

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OUTCOME: Murder reduced to Manslaughter

Mr. Ludwig, a U.S. Marshall, was accused of killing his wife by shooting her at point blank range five times. The defense was unique in that recovered memory evidence was presented to explain how the ... purported confession was incomplete and therefore inaccurate. The recovered memory involved a claim of self-defense that was not contained in Mr. Ludwig's statement to the police. The jury found Mr. Ludwig guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to three years. They also found him guilty for the use of a firearm which has a mandatory sentence of three years.

Criminal defense

United States v. Rivera et al.

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OUTCOME: Murder Acquittal

A federal death penalty case involving four co-defendants alleged to have conspired and committed the murder of a federal witness scheduled to testify in another murder case involving the gang known as ... "MS-13." After several weeks of trial, the jury acquitted Oscar Garcia Orellana of all counts in the indictment. In the trial, it was proven that the allegation of a conspiracy between Mr. Garcia and Mr. Rivera was at best inaccurate. This unraveled the government's case. Both Mr. Rivera and Mr. Garcia were acquitted. A story on the case was aired on "60 Minutes."

Criminal defense

Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

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OUTCOME: Acquitted on Retrial

Mr. McLaughlin, represented by different counsel, was convicted of molesting his children during the pendency of a custody battle with his wife. While in prison, Mr. McLaughlin hired Mr. Levay and his ... firm, who obtained a writ of habeas corpus and received a new trial for Mr. McLaughlin. The defense was unique in that expert evidence was admitted on the issue of suggestibility and false memories. The theory of the defense was that the mother induced her children to make false accusations against the father. On retrial, Mr. McLaughlin was acquitted of all charges. Counsel was subsequently able to have the father awarded joint custody of his children. A story covering the case was aired on "20/20." Mr. Levay was named "Litigator of the Month," by the National Law Journal for his work on the case.

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