Legal Cases
Two Farmers Offered Plea Bargain of 5 Years in Marijuana Case, but Penalized with 28 and 40 Year Sentences After Jury Trial, Released From Prison
Bohl asked the wife of one of the defendants to go and speak to the circuit court judge about a reduction of sentence and to secretly record the conversation. During the conversation, the judge admitted that he had penalized the defendants with 28 and 40 year sentences for "wasting the court's time" with a jury trial. After Bohl told the Yazoo County DA about the recording, both men were later released from prison on a work release program.
Former Georgia Pastor Serving Life Sentence in Mississippi for Capital Murder Released from Prison
After Jackson County, Mississippi, its Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, and County Jail Administrator were held liable by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for violating James L. Hooten's constitutional right to "access to the courts", he was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser offense of manslaughter and was released from prison.
U.S. District Court Vacates Bankruptcy Court Judgment, Enabling Los Angeles Jeweler to Acquire $4.5 Million Shopping Center
After hiring and firing four different law firms to represent him in bankruptcy court proceedings and losing at every stage, including at trial, a creditor (a Los Angeles jeweler), won on appeal to the U.S. District Court, enabling him to foreclose on and acquire a $4.5 million shopping center in Fresno, California.
U.S. District Court Awards Religious Organization $15.5 Million and Permanent Injunction Requiring Defendant Church to Change Its Name, Uniforms and Insignia
This case was initially filed by a law firm in Southern California and was dismissed on summary judgment. After the law firm was fired, Bohl prepared an appeal to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. In a published opinion, the case was reversed and remanded to the U.S. District Court, where the case was won after trial. The case was twice featured as a "special investigation" news report by Channel 7 News in Miami, Florida, in 1998.
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