ProBLAC v. City of Omaha
Oct 05, 2020OUTCOME: All charges dismissed. City ordinance amended. Other relief ordered.
Police arrested Black Lives Matter protesters for marching after nightfall.
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OUTCOME: All charges dismissed. City ordinance amended. Other relief ordered.
Police arrested Black Lives Matter protesters for marching after nightfall.
OUTCOME: Acquittal. Accuser suffered stress-induced seizures while under cross-examination.
Client falsely accused of child molestation.
OUTCOME: Cash settlement. City ordinance repealed.
Town cop arrested citizen and seized his firearms though legally displaying, not concealing, guns in public.
OUTCOME: Cash settlement approved by Nebraska Unicameral
Officer arrested Ms. Diaz pursuant to arrest warrant issued based upon a misleading affidavit.
OUTCOME: Court vacated life sentence.
The Nebraska Supreme Court vacated the sentence of life imprisonment imposed in 1993, and held that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama would apply to all Nebraska inmates serving ma ... ndatory life sentences imposed for offenses committed as a juvenile.
OUTCOME: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. Case dismissed. Client ordered released from federal prison prior to issuance of ruling.
Client was subjected to traffic stop and drugs were reportedly found. We moved to suppress arguing there was no basis for the traffic stop and the dog relied upon for probable cause to search the car w ... as unreliable. Noting officer's poor performance on cross-examination, the Eighth Circuit concluded there was no credible testimony justifying the stop.
OUTCOME: Acquittal. Accuser recanted under cross-examination.
Client falsely accused of sexual assault.
OUTCOME: Indictment dismissed
United States District Judge Warren Urbom dismissed form indictment customarily used in District of Nebraska drug conspiracy cases based upon vagueness, violating the Fifth Amendment
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed by Nebraska Supreme Court based upon prosecutorial misconduct
Murder case. Prosecutor withheld evidence.