Upland, CA
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Upland, CA
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Criminal Defense ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Some Evidence Standard Adopted as Legal Standard for California Parole Denials
Though relief was at the time denied for our Client, this was the case that established and verified the principle that some evidence is required to support a denial of parole.
OUTCOME: Habeas Petition was granted reversing lower court decision
Habeas Petition re parole denial was granted in federal court.
OUTCOME: Success and a published opinion
Established due process denial to obtain the parole of of Client convicted of murder in 1977 at the age of 16, despite it being an offense more callous than most murders.
OUTCOME: Decision Validated Through California Supreme Court
Federal Habeas petition reversing state court decisions denying parole to Robert Rosenkrantz. A highly publicized case in which two California Governors fought vigorously against Grossman's client.
OUTCOME: We won
As an attorney, Grossman represented Plaintiffs in the Irvin Landrum matter which gathered national attention when Claremont Police Officers were accused of shooting an unarmed African-American 18 year ... old and of planting a gun on him in 1999. The officers had claimed they had shot Landrum in self defense after he pulled a gun and had shot at them. However, ballistics reports confirmed the gun had never been fired and belonged to a deceased police chief from a neighboring town. In the wake of civil rights demonstrations alleging racial profiling and murder, the City of Claremont awarded the two officers involved in the shooting with Employee of the Year Honors as did the Claremont Police Officers Association. The case was eventually settled for $450,000.00 and the awards were rescinded. In 2000, California Chief Justice Ronald George presided over an award ceremony wherein the California First Amendment Coalition awarded Claremont their Black Hole Award in recognition of having been the public entity acting most improperly regarding open government and first amendment freedoms in connection with their Landrum related activities. Further fallout from the Landrum matter included several subsequent lawsuits regarding racial profiling and police officer rights.
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