United States v. Browder
Nov 21, 2016OUTCOME: Successful in obtaining order of remand for resentencing
Challenged the government's characterization of the defendant as an armed career criminal.
Carole M. Stanyar's Legal Cases (10)
Ann Arbor, MI
Appeals Lawyer at Ann Arbor, MI
Practice Areas: Appeals, Criminal Defense ... +3 more
DeBoer v. Snyder
Jun 26, 2015OUTCOME: Successful in this landmark case from trial through to the United States Supreme Court
In this successful marriage equality case which spanned four years, Stanyar acted as lead counsel at trial, in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and in the United States Supreme Court. The trial invo ... lved presentation and cross examination of experts in sociology, psychology, child development, adoption, statistics, history of marriage, and history of discrimination against gay and lesbian persons.
Couch v. Booker
Jan 01, 2011OUTCOME: Successful in the district court and on appeal
Acted as lead counsel in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging trial counsel's ineffective assistance on behalf of a defendant improperly convicted of murder after stopping a rape in progress. ... A lengthy evidentiary hearing in the Eastern District of Michigan involved a complete re-investigation of cause of death issues, with the introduction of evidence from witnesses at the scene, responding paramedics, and forensic pathologists, as well as a re-analysis of the deceased's brain tissue.
Ege v. Yukins
Jan 01, 2007OUTCOME: Successful on appeal
Lead counsel in this first degree murder case in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Stanyar challenged the state trial court's "expert" in bite-mark analysis. The case was won under the "Daubert" sta ... ndard applicable to expert testimony lacking in an adequate scientific foundation.
United States v. Husein
Jan 01, 2007OUTCOME: Successful in the district court and on appeal
Lead counsel in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in a successful defense of a one-day sentence, which reflected a 37-month downward departure from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines based upon the distri ... ct judge's findings that the defendant provided "round-the-clock care" for her ailing father and the rest of her family.
United States v. Tocco, Corrado, et. al.
Jun 22, 2000OUTCOME: Request to remand granted by the Sixth Circuit
Stanyar represented alleged Detroit "Mafia" figures, both in the district court and on appeal, in this indictment that spanned 30 years and alleged various acts of conspiracy, gambling, racketeering, e ... xtortion and obstruction of justice.
The "Malice Green" case
Jan 01, 1998OUTCOME: Success on appeal, aquittal of murder charges
Acted as lead counsel in the successful appeal and retrial of Detroit Police Officer Walter Budzyn, challenging the defendant's conviction based upon a host of extraneous influences on the jury in this ... high-profile murder trial. The retrial, and acquittal on murder charges, involved complex scientific expert testimony from blood spatter experts, crime scene investigators, and forensic pathologists.
People v. Itsumi Koga
Jan 01, 1996OUTCOME: Successful postpartum psychosis defense
A Japanese woman, in the U.S. temporarily with her husband, was charged in Oakland County with first-degree murder in the drowning death of her infant son. Raising a groundbreaking psychiatric defense ... of postpartum psychosis, Stanyar and her co-counsel negotiated a resolution of the case which included a reduced charge, placement for six months at a pastoral psychiatric facility, and a return to Japan.
People v. Tyburski
Jan 01, 1994OUTCOME: Case reversed on appeal
The defendant prevailed on appeal in the so-called "Freezer Murder" case from Canton, Michigan, the State's first high-profile, pervasive publicity appeal. The Michigan Supreme Court ultimately accept ... ed Stanyar's challenge, first waged in the trial court, that the case called for special procedures -- individualized voir dire and detailed questioning of jurors about media exposure -- after 100% of jurors admitted knowing details about the case.
Michigan v. Chesternut
Jan 01, 1988OUTCOME: Certiorari granted
In a case that reached the United States Supreme Court, Stanyar challenged a car chase of a pedestrian by police officers as a violation of the Fourth Amendment
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