An appellate practice provides unique challenges in the law. Because a client’s appeal rarely includes accepting new evidence by the court, arguments are generally limited to those gleamed from the facts and record provided by the lower court. As a result, appeals depend upon the type of attention to detail that some practitioners find annoying–but that I love. I delight in parsing through volumes of transcripts from lower court proceedings in hopes of finding the needle in that haystack that could support reversal of a client’s case, or its remand for new proceedings. Recent memorable cases include:
- * United States v. Jenkins, No. 20-7746 (4th Cir. 2021) (Published)
See, S. Lash, “4th Circuit Upholds ‘Compassionate Release’ Denial for Baltimore Convict,” The Daily Record, (Dec. 29, 2021) https://thedailyrecord.com/tag/compassionate-release/ - United States of America v. Bowden, No. 20-4196 (4th Cir. April 2, 2021) (unpublished)
VACATED and Remanded for resentencing. - Hempill v. United States, No. 19-CM-168 (DCCA Jan. 25, 2021) (unpublished)
REVERSED, evidence insufficient to support conviction. - Andre v. United States, No. 15-CM-1250 (DCCA April 26, 2018) (unpublished
Rehearing Granted, VACATED and REMANDED. - Travis McCrea v. United States, 148 A.3d 269 (D.C. 2016),
REVERSED and VACATED. See discussion in PDS Criminal Cases Blog. “A Lazy Hazy Weekend: An Ounce of Weed Alone is Insufficient to Prove Possession with Intent to Distribute.“
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