by Niles Illich | Dec 10, 2019 | Appeals News
Big win for our client on a Fourth Amendment issue. The question was whether the police officer had the right to approach the client in the manner that the officer did. The trial court found for the State but the court of appeals reversed and found that the police...
by Niles Illich | Nov 19, 2019 | Appeals News
Sentencing Guidelines Criminal appeals attorneys are often fighting the US Sentencing Guidelines for our clients. In a recent case we argued that Section 2G1.3(b)(2)(B) includes an unconstitutional-mandatory presumption and is thus invalid. Section 2G1.3(b)(2)(B)...
by Niles Illich | Nov 12, 2019 | Appeals News
This morning the Supreme Court is hearing a case on DACA. The consolidated cases ask whether the termination of the DACA program violated the Administrative Procedures Act. People slept in the cold to be in line so that they could hear some or all of the oral argument...
by Niles Illich | Nov 11, 2019 | Appeals News
The Dallas Court of Appeals has two positions open for staff attorneys. I worked as a briefing attorney for the First Court of Appeals. I had a staff attorney above me but we had similar responsibilities. Each week each of us was assigned a case. We were given the...
by Niles Illich | Nov 4, 2019 | Appeals News
An important and detailed article by the New York Times on the breathalyzer machines and the very real problems that they have. The point of the article is that the breathalyzer machines have real problems with reliability. Mostly attorneys know that the breathalyzer...
