Key Cases
Garza v. Idaho (U.S. Supreme Court)
Access to Courts
This case concerns one of the clearest instances in which a criminal defendant was abandoned by his defense attorney and deprived of his right to appellate review. After pleading guilty, Gilberto Garza, Jr., instructed his attorney to file an appeal, but his attorney refused to do so. As a result, Mr. Garza’s attorney deprived him...
Williams v. Louisiana (U.S. Supreme Court)
Wrongful Conviction
Corey Williams was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder as an intellectually disabled 16-year old child, and spent 20 years in Louisiana prison for a crime that he did not commit. We represented Mr. Williams in a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court and obtained his immediate release from prison through a settlement with the State of Louisiana.
Trump v. State of Hawaii (Amicus Brief)
Muslim Ban
At every stage in the litigation against that ban (which the President had often characterized as the “Muslim Ban”) the MacArthur Justice Center ensured that judges had before them a full record of President Trump’s hatred of people of the Muslim faith, his open desire to curtail their rights, and his specific, sustained promise to inhibit their entry to the United States.
In the News
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Argument analysis: Court skeptical that a lawyer may unilaterally countermand client’s instruction to file a criminal appeal
SCOTUS blog October 31, 2018 -
Supreme Court Expands Precedent on Ineffective Counsel
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Split High Court Upholds Post-Plea Appeal Rights
Law360 April 10, 2019 -
Supreme Court Rules for Death Row Inmate With Dementia
New York Times February 27, 2019
