United States v. Pritchard, 485 Fed. Appx. 199 (9th Cir. Cal. 2012)
Jun 29, 2012OUTCOME: Reversed
bank robbery; appointed on appeal
San Diego, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at San Diego, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals, Civil Rights
OUTCOME: Reversed
bank robbery; appointed on appeal
OUTCOME: Reversed
Appointed Appellate Counsel: plain error on misconduct in closing argument
OUTCOME: Reversed and remanded
Reversal of alien smuggling conspiracy conviction
OUTCOME: Petition granted; over a decade and a half of incarceration saved
Whether 5 defendants could enforce their guilty pleas and hold sentence to 2 years
OUTCOME: 9th Circuit reversed conviction; Supreme Court would embrace the unclaimed deduction defense. Boulware v. United States, 552 U.S. 421 (U.S. 2008)
I was trial counsel. Case involved over 50,000 in unclaimed deductions. Jury hung on one count, convicted on other.
OUTCOME: Sentence vacated
Bank robbery threat enhancement
OUTCOME: Case Reversed
Systemic challenge to 6 week time-waiver regime in Southern District