Denver, CO
Criminal defense Lawyer at Denver, CO
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals
OUTCOME: habeas relief granted
Habeas corpus action brought on behalf of the last federal youth offender confined in the U. S. Bureau of Prisons as a result of a murder conviction over forty-four years prior to the action. Federal ... judge ruled that Alexander was being held in violation of law, and ordered his release.
OUTCOME: Respondent transferred to E. D. Virginia
Responded to material witness warrant issued by the Department of Justice in connection with the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U. S. Pentagon in the E. D. Virginia
OUTCOME: False statements conviction reversed
Obtained reversal of federal false statements conviction of Chief Executive Officer of high tech firm on grounds that jury rather than judge must decide the issue of materiality consistent with ruling ... of U. S. Supreme Court in U. S. v. Gaudin, 515 U. S. 506 (1995); other convictions affirmed
OUTCOME: plea to lesser charge
Defended CEO of Global Business Unit of Qwest Communications in securities fraud prosecution in one of the first corproate corruption cases brought by U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. Jury return ... ed three not guilty verdicts and deadlocked on remaining charges
OUTCOME: Though Tenth Circuit found error in Hopkinson's sentencing proceeding, it refused to retroactively apply Caldwell v. Mississippi in vacating death sentence
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals appointed counsel to assist Wyoming State Public Defender in federal appeal of his state conviction and death penalty sentence in high profile murder case in which Gerry ... Spence won appointment as special prosecutor and chronicled the case in his book Gunning For Justice
OUTCOME: Mandamus relief denied
Successfully defended a U. S. District Judge in a mandamus action in the U. S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging his order that government witnesses be subject to pretrial depositions in a cri ... minal bid-rigging case after the prosecutor directed them not to speak to the defense
OUTCOME: habeas corpus relief granted
Class action habeas corpus action on behalf of all federal youthful offenders in the United States challenging the legality of their confinement under the Federal Youth Corrections Act
OUTCOME: prosecution dismissed
Won dismissal of prosecution of union head of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) for violating federal anti-strike statute based upon selective prosecution by the U. S. Department of Just ... ice
OUTCOME: prosecution dismissed
Dismissal ordered by federal judge against defendant in fraud case after the Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General of the United States refused to appear pursuant to subpoena to testif ... y in evidentiary hearing about prosecutorial misconduct as part of the Robert Vesco Libyan bribe scheme being pursued in the Southern District of New York
OUTCOME: reversal of conviction
Successful appeal of inconsistent declarations perjury conviction to the United States Supeme Court
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