Norcross, GA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Norcross, GA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Conviction vacated, temporary protective status reinstated
Client was convicted of simple battery after representing herself in a bench trial in 2000. Filed extraordinary motion for new trial and argued that trial judge had failed to properly advise client of ... the risks of proceeding to trial without legal counsel. Trial judge vacated conviction, allowing her to renew her temporary protective status as a Honduran refugee and avoid removal from the U.S.
OUTCOME: Felony indictment dismissed on double jeopardy grounds
Client indicted for first degree forgery in Whitfield County, multiple worker's compensation fraud counts in Fulton County. Entered plea to misdemeanor possession of false ID in Whitfield and filed ple ... a in bar/motion in autrefois convict in Fulton County asking for dismissal on double jeopardy grounds. Judge dismissed the case, and the client was ultimately released from ICE custody and reunited with his family.
OUTCOME: Homicide conviction reversed on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds
Motion for new trial granted in homicide case where client's trial attorney lost physical evidence tending to prove his self-defense theory. State filed interlocutory appeal to Georgia Supreme Court, a ... nd trial court's decision was affirmed.
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