McDonald v. State
Apr 20, 2007OUTCOME: Supreme Court affirmed sentence
Argued case in front of Florida Supreme Court dealing with career criminal sentencing issues.
Coral Gables, FL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Coral Gables, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Supreme Court affirmed sentence
Argued case in front of Florida Supreme Court dealing with career criminal sentencing issues.
OUTCOME: Conviction and sentence reversed
Wrote brief for client whose conviction and sentence were reversed.
OUTCOME: Certiorari granted
Successfully appealed client's case to United States Supreme Court through writ of certiorari
OUTCOME: Convicted
Represented client in complex money laundering case tied in with the investigation of the Aristede Government in Haiti; tried case to verdict.
OUTCOME: Trial court reversed
Convinced Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn U.S. District Court intrepretation of Sentencing Guidelines in white collar theft case.
OUTCOME: Acquitted
Client acquitted of immigrant smuggling in federal jury trial
OUTCOME: Convicted
Represented lead defendant in multi-defendant drug/murder prosecution; tried case to verdict in four-month trial.
OUTCOME: Trial court reversed
Interlocutory appeal by Government after I had convinced the trial judge to dismiss bank fraud charges against my client. I later tried the case to a verdict. United States v. Sheldred Burke, 97-6138 ... -CR-ZLOCH.
OUTCOME: Suppression order reversed
Wrote brief in major Fourth Amendment decision in Arizona
OUTCOME: Granted standing to contest state case
Represented Mexican Government in writ of mandamus filed in Federal District Court in effort to prevent death penalty prosecution of Mexican national in Palm Beach County.