State of Alabama v. Curtis Mathews

District Court of Jefferson County, Alabama

Case No: 2008-963

Summary: My client was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.  Mathews had one pill left in his glove box from many years ago.  Evidence was admitted that he had a prescription for the controlled substance and the case was dismissed.

Disposition:  Case Dismissed.

State of Alabama v. Christopher Giraldo

District Court of Mobile County, Alabama

Case No: 2009-7896, 2009-7897, 2009-7987

Summary: Client was arrested at a traffic stop for speeding, expired tag, no driver’s license, drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).  At the preliminary hearing the state agreed to dismiss the felony count and my client pled guilty to a misdemeanor for marijuana third.

Disposition: felony count dismissed, pled to misdemeanor and a fine.

State of Alabama v. Lamarsha Felder

District Court of Jefferson County, Alabama

Case No: 2009-9216

Summary:  Client was charged with Burglary in the second degree which is a class B Felony, which carries a sentencing range of 2-20 years.  At the preliminary hearing the alleged victim changed her story and admitted that she did not know who broke in her apartment.

Disposition: Case Dismissed.

City of Adamsville v. Terrill White

Case No:MC-2011

Summary: Client was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct for a faulty traffic stop in which White was a passenger. 

Disposition: Case Dismissed

City of Adamsville v. Ritben Patel 

Case No: 2009-480

Summary:  Client originally pled guilty in 2009 to theft of property third degree.  Upon review of the case, I filed a Rule 32 Petition and had the conviction set aside.  The Petition raised the issue that she was not aware of the collateral consequences of a guilty plea as it relates to deportation.  The Petitioner was not aware of Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473(2010)
Disposition: Case Dismissed; nol Prossed

United States v. Timothy Alexander Lowe

Case No:10-267-RDP-JEO

Summary: Client was charged with 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), which is a felon in possession of a firearm.  The government agents received information from a confidential informant regarding my client possessing a firearm that was located in his vehicle.  The firearm was located during the course of a traffic stop.  After much discovery and requesting the name of the informant as it related to the client’s defense, the government was unable to provide the name of the informant.  Therefore, the case was dismissed.
Disposition:  Case dismissed.

State of Alabama v. Javan Edward Reno

In the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama

Case No: 2011-4855; 2011-4856

Summary: client was charged with Theft of Property Second Degree 13A-8-4 and Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia, 13A-12-12 and 13A-12-260(c).

Disposition:  Cases Dismissed

State of Alabama v. J.B. 

In the District Court of Shelby County, Alabama
Case No: DC-2011-2226

Summary:  Client was charged with two cases of 1st degree kidnapping, 13A-6-43,  Class “A” Felony and Sexual Abuse, 13A-6-66, a Class “A” Felony along with two other defendants.  Through our efforts and after considerable work and investigation, the client was able to show that he was not present at the time of the crimes and that the allegations were based upon mistaken identification.  All charges dismissed.
Disposition: All charges dismissed.

A final judgment was entered on January 26, 2010. On November 22, 2010, the mother filed a complaint seek­ing to hold the father in contempt of court. The father filed an answer and counterclaim. A hearing was held on June 7, 2011. On June 20, 2011, before a final order was entered, the mother filed a “Verified Motion to Hold Defendant in Contempt for Violation of Court Orders.” In that motion, she alleged that the father had failed to return the children to her following his Father’s Day visitation. The court held another hearing after which it entered a judgment finding the father in contempt of court and awarding the mother an attorney fee. The father filed his notice of appeal on Octo­ber 4, 2011. Appeal dismissed in part; affirmed in part. (1) The father argued that he could not be found to be in contempt because the divorce decree did not specify the time upon which the children were to be returned. However, the divorce judgment did require the parents to cooperate and communicate. The trial court found that the parties had agreed that the children would be returned to the mother at 8:00 a.m. on the day following Father’s Day. On the night of Father’s Day, the father sent the mother a text message reneging on that agreement. He did not return the children at 8:00 a.m. The Court found that the father’s actions rose to the level of violating the general provisions of the divorce judgment requiring communication and cooperation. The finding of contempt and the award of attorney fees is af­firmed. (2) The trial court apparently orally instructed the parties with regard to matters outside the pleadings. Those instructions were not put into writing. To the extent that the court attempted to enter an oral order, that judgment is not in compliance with Ala.R.Civ.P. 58 and the appeal from that oral order is due to be dismissed.

Bridget Weaver and two other assistant principals (“the plaintiffs”) sued the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County (“the Board”) and Roy Nichols, in his official capacity as superintendent of the Mobile County Public School System. The complaint alleged the plaintiffs were partially terminated or demoted in violation of policy No. 6.44, which provides certain pro­tections to tenured employees. The case proceeded to trial and following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court en­tered a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, ordering that they be reinstated and awarding back pay. The defendants appealed. Appeal dismissed.