Legal Cases
5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Holds Jackson County, Mississippi Liable for Violating Prisoner's Constitutional Right to "Access to the Courts"
Prepared “pro se” federal civil rights lawsuit against Jackson County, Mississippi on behalf of an inmate at the Jackson County Jail in Pascagoula, Mississippi, seeking access to law books. The case resulted in a published opinion requiring all county jails in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to provide access to law libraries to state prisoners.
Mississippi Supreme Court Vacates Sentence of Life Without Parole, Sets Man Free After 8 Years in Prison
Prepared "pro se" motion in the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Turner Paul Smith, who had been sentenced to life without parole on a burglary conviction as an habitual offender. A "plain error" in sentencing had not been noticed by his defense and appellate counsel, the trial judge, or any of the justices of the Supreme Court on a prior appeal 4 years earlier.
Appeal to Mississippi Supreme Court Results in Attorney General's Opinion that Probationers Were Unlawfully Committed to Restitution Centers
Prepared "pro se" appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court which led to Mississippi Attorney General's determination that thousands of probationers in Mississippi were unlawfully committed to state restitution-correctional facilities as a condition of their probation.
Appeal to Mississippi Supreme Court Results in Reduction of Sentence and Release from Prison
Prepared "pro se" appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court which prompted the Jackson County Circuit Court to enter an order effectively reducing Bohl's two 10-year prison sentences for two bad checks totaling $54.67 to "time-served". The only reason given in the order for his release was that it was "in the best interest of justice and fairness." Additionally, the Mississippi Legislature later amended the Mississippi Code so that anyone convicted under the old law could apply to have their conviction erased.
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