Matthew W Greene's Legal Cases (7)

Family

T.B. v. Alexandria Department of Human Services, Virginia Court of Appeals, Record No. 0029-10-4 (unpublished)

Oct 12, 2010

OUTCOME: Affirmed

Mr. Greene, in his capacity as a Special Assistant City Attorney for the City of Alexandria, has won an appeal before the Virginia Court of Appeals in an abuse and neglect matter. In this case, Mr. Gr ... eene successfully argued that the appellant had failed to establish standing as an aggrieved party and thus was not able to invoke the Court's jurisdiction for appellate review.

Family

Rivera v. Fairfax County Department of Human Services,

Mar 10, 2009

OUTCOME: Affirmed

In his capacity as Guardian Ad Litem for one of the two children involved in this case, Mr. Greene successfully argued that the lower court's order terminating parental rights was in the best interests ... of his ward.

Criminal defense

United States of America v. Clark, 434 F.3d 684 (4th Cir. 2006)

Jan 12, 2006

OUTCOME: Remanded for re-sentencing

Mr. Greene argued against the government's appeal of the sentence imposed upon his client. Upon remand, Mr. Greene was able to convince the lower court to impose the same sentence that the government ... had earlier appealed.

Criminal defense

Jacobs v. United States, 861 A.2d 15 (D.C. 2004)

Nov 10, 2004

OUTCOME: Partial remand for resentencing due to vacated convictions for murder

Mr. Greene was able to convince the D.C. Court of Appeals that the appellant's multiple convictions for murder were deficient as a matter of law, thus requiring vacation of the convictions and remand t ... o the lower court for re-sentencing.

Child custody

Goodhand v. Kildoo, 37 Va. App. 591, 560 S.E.2d 463 (2002)

Mar 05, 2002

OUTCOME: Circuit Court child custody determination affirmed

In this case, Mr. Greene sucessfully argued that the custody determination of the lower court in favor of the mother was supported by sufficient facts and law.

Criminal defense

Williams v. United States of America, 783 A.2d 598 (D.C. 2001)

Oct 18, 2001

OUTCOME: Remanded to the D.C. Superior Court for review of the habeas petition

Mr. Greene convinced the D.C. Court of Appeals sitting en banc (as the full court rather than a three judge panel) that the statutory provisions allowing prisoners to file appeals in habeas petitions c ... annot be waived when their trial counsel fail to timely file such petitions.

Criminal defense

Sheikh v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 32 Va. App. 9, 526 S.E.2d 71 (2000)

Mar 21, 2000

OUTCOME: Affirmed

In this case, Mr. Greene fought to limit the scope of liability in mob assault cases, arguing that specific intent for the actual assault was required before a conviction could occur.

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