Ramos v. Louisiana: Is it Retroactive?

Criminal Appeals, Illegal Sentence, Non-unanimous juries, Ramos, Split juries, Supreme Court

Great news out of the Supreme Court today. In Ramos v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that non-unanimous juries, also known as split juries, are unconstitutional. However, the main question after Ramos is whether…

Illegal Sentence Corrected - Parole GRANTED!!!

Illegal Sentence, Parole

I'm happy to report that we recently won a motion to correct an illegal sentence and got our client Bobby Q. out on parole! We cut Bobby's sentence in half, saving him from an additional 5 years in prison. Bobby had been given illegal sentences…