Results

Over the years, I have fought for the release of innocent men, and a few have been officially recognized as exonerated as a direct result of my representation of them.

People v Jimmie Allen Nelson convicted of second-degree murder in 2010, exonerated in 2014. details here

People v James Grissom convicted of criminal sexual conduct in 2003 and exonerated in 2012. details here

People v Wayne Dabb convicted of criminal sexual conduct in 2006, freed in 2008 and exonerated in 2009 details here

People v Clint Dunning new trial granted by Van Buren County court in felony murder/arson cold case after a lengthy Ginther hearing based on Brady violation and ineffective assistance of counsel relating to expert witness/investigation

People v Tonya Peterson new trial granted on charge of involuntary manslaughter based on faulty jury instructions; charges against Ms. Peterson were dismissed

People v Octavius Hall new trial granted on charge of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle causing serious impairment based on improper jury instructions, and resentencing ordered on remaining convictions

People v Dominique Ramsey after literally years of appeals, the Court of Appeals finally affirmed the grant of a new trial for Mr. Ramsey for conspiracy to commit murder, and he was not retried

People v Darrell Ewing new trial granted in first-degree murder case based on juror misconduct

People v Jamal Bennett after hearing argument, Michigan Supreme Court granted a new trial on murder charge because the trial court had improperly admitted rap videos as other acts evidence

People v Gary Mahdi new trial granted on drug charges because of evidence found during illegal search and seizure

People v Joshua Sedgeman new trial granted on armed robbery and related charges because Mr. Sedgeman's waiver of his right to counsel was improper

People v Olatunji Kean conviction for fleeing and eluding vacated due to improper venue

People v. Timothy Moore conviction for disseminating sexual material to a minor vacated as legally improper charge

People v Deangelo Wright conviction for receiving and concealing stolen property vacated as legally improper conviction

People v Jason Ryans conviction for operating a meth lab vacated on double jeopardy grounds

People v Davanta Harris conviction for carjacking vacated on double jeopardy grounds

People v Keenan Neilbock drug convictions vacated on double jeopardy grounds

People v Latoya Flowers felonious assault conviction vacated because legally improper

People v Anthony Steele conviction for criminal sexual conduct 1st vacated because of improper jury instructions

People v Irene Randazzo motion to quash properly granted on home invasion charge (prosecutor's appeal)

People v Dejuan Oliver insufficient evidence to support sole conviction of illegally obtaining a gun

People v James Beck criminal sexual conduct convictions vacated because retrial after a mistrial was improperly declared violated double jeopardy

I have worked mostly on appeals from cases that went to trial, but have had some success in plea appeals most notably in these cases:

People v John Moss After two trips to the Michigan Supreme Court, Mr. Moss allowed to withdraw his plea to criminal sexual conduct 3d because insufficient factual basis for the plea as a matter of law

People v Timothy Blanton Mr. Blanton was allowed to withdraw his plea to armed robbery and another serious charge because he had not been advised that the felony firearm charge would be consecutive to them.

Resentencings can be granted for a lot of different reasons, and although they do not always result in a lower sentence, you can't get a better sentence without a resentencing! I have handled a lot of resentencings over the years, and know that with good preparation on the part of the client and the lawyer, a resentencing can lead to a great result.

People v Andrew Swoffer-Sauls (2022)

People v Telvin White (2021)

People v David Hult (2021)

People v Lynn Morrie II (2020)

People v Alphonso Straughter (2019) after arguing in the Michigan Supreme Court about the failure to serve the habitual offender notice won resentencing for Mr. Straughter without the habitual offender enhancement.

People v Troy Johnson (2019)

People v Jivonnie Jones (2019)

People v Justin Hughes (2019)

People v Steven Alexander (2019)

People v Antonio Rivera (2018)

People v Dustin Tomaszycki (2017)(vacating over $4000 in attorney fees and correcting improper consecutive sentencing)

People v Andre Luckie (2016)(Crosby remand)

People v Daniel Shaw (2016)

People v Stanley Duncan (2016)

People v Corey Thompson (2015)

People v William Coleman Jr (2013) (vacating over $2,500 in restitution)

People v Anthony Williams (2012)

People v Charles Brown (2012)

People v Keenan Neilbock (2011)

People v Thomas Baker (2010)

People v Terry Williams (2008)

People v Charles Smith (2008)

People v Olatunji Kean (2007)

People v Timothy Moore (2007)

People v TJ Rose (2007)

People v David Edwards (2007)

People v George Rider (2022) Court of Appeals found trial counsel was ineffective for failing to recognize that there was no warrant to seize phone at issue and remanded for evidentiary hearing on whether evidence should be suppressed and new trial granted

People v Steven Greenawalt (Wayne County 2022) trial court grant of evidentiary hearing on subsequent 6.500 motion based on Lafler v Cooper issue