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Ramirez v. State, Appellate Case No. 2015-002063 (filed 1/5/17), SC Supreme Court Clarifies Law for Incompetent Guilty Plea

Ramirez v. State, Appellate Case No. 2015-002063 (filed 1/5/17), SC Supreme Court Clarifies Law for Incompetent Guilty Plea

The petitioner here is severely intellectually disabled.  His plea counsel failed to request an...
Happy New Year from the Ohio Supreme Court! Mandatory Waiver Provisions for Kids to Adult Court Violates the Constitution (State v. Aalim, Slip Op. No. 2016-Ohio-8278). Time to fix this injustice in SC, too!

Happy New Year from the Ohio Supreme Court! Mandatory Waiver Provisions for Kids to Adult Court Violates the Constitution (State v. Aalim, Slip Op. No. 2016-Ohio-8278). Time to fix this injustice in SC, too!

Time to make this happen in South Carolina, too!  One feature of the insidious School to Prison...
Cruz v. Marshall, App. No. 15-6130 (filed 12/19/16), Unpublished 4th Circuit HABEAS REMAND

Cruz v. Marshall, App. No. 15-6130 (filed 12/19/16), Unpublished 4th Circuit HABEAS REMAND

Excellent work by the Appellate Litigation Project, Georgetown University Law Center!  Cruz, a...