Anderson v. State
Oct 26, 2001OUTCOME: affirmed.
831 So. 2d 57 (Ala. Crim. App. 2001) (dissenting opinions agreed with me that Apprendi should apply to drug sale enhancements), cert. denied, Anderson v. Alabama, 537 U.S. 873 (2002).
Mark John Christensen's Legal Cases (17)
Andalusia, AL
Probate Lawyer at Andalusia, AL
Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning ... +4 more
Alabama v. Bozeman
Jun 11, 2001OUTCOME: Dismissal of charges affirmed
533 U.S. 146 (2001) Unanimous opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with my interpretation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. This affirmed the judgment of the Alabama Supreme Court which h ... ad reversed my client's conviction and ordered the dismissal of the charges because the State had violated the Interstate Agreement on Detainers.
Ex parte Edwards
Jan 12, 2001OUTCOME: Reversed and judgment of acquittal rendered
816 So. 2d 98 (Ala. 2001), reversing Edwards v. State, 816 So. 2d 92 (Ala. Crim App. 2000). My client had been involved in a fatal car crash while rushing her sick baby to the hospital. She had been ... convicted of vehicular homicide at trial, but the Alabama Supreme Court agreed with my argument that the State was required to prove a culpable mental state before it could make an accident into a crime. The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the judgment and rendered a judgment of acquittal.
Ex parte Lawrence
May 05, 2000OUTCOME: Affirmed
776 So. 2d 50 (Ala. 2000). The judgment was affirmed, but the Alabama Supreme Court agreed with my interpretation of Rule 404(b) of the Alabama Rules of Evidence.
Ex parte Bozeman
Apr 21, 2000OUTCOME: Reversed
781 So. 2d 165 (Ala. 2000). Reversed my client's conviction at trial and ordered dismissal of the charges because the State had violated the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. Later affirmed by the U ... nited States Supreme Court in Alabama v. Bozeman, 533 U.S. 146 (2001).
Ex parte Lynn
Jan 08, 1999OUTCOME: Affirmed
727 So. 2d 90 (Ala. 1999) (writ of certiorari quashed and judgment affirmed but the Alabama Supreme Court adopted my interpretation of the statute on sales of real property by the sheriff), disapprovin ... g the reasoning in Lynn V. Dodge, 727 So. 2d 89 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997).
Lindsey v. State.
Oct 02, 1998OUTCOME: Affirmed
768 So. 2d 408 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998). Judgment affirmed, but the opinion agreed with my argument that due process required the State to comply with discovery rules for evidence to be used at a probat ... ion revocation hearing.
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