Austin, TX
Appeals Lawyer at Austin, TX
Practice Areas: Appeals, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Williamson County district judge ordered in mandamus action to respect my clients' choice of counsel, 9-0.
District Attorney successfully denied two people accused of murder of employing the lawyer they wanted to represent them.
OUTCOME: State's highest court ordered the trial judge to afford the client's right to a free record.
Poor person was denied his right to a free appellate record.
OUTCOME: The Supreme Court of the United States reversed and adopted my standard.
State sought to execute my client who was so severely mentally ill, he could not appreciate the reason he was to be executed. State argued he need only have a factual understanding, while I argued he ... had to have a rational understanding.
OUTCOME: Death sentence commuted.
Client had lost all appeals and was scheduled for execution. I waged a commutation campaign seeking to persuade both the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry to commute his death sente ... nce to life.