by Brad Haywood | Aug 5, 2014 | Alexandria, Arlington, Arlington Criminal Defense Attorney, Brad Haywood, Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, VA, Virginia, Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer
On August 4, 2014, SFH partner Bradley Haywood, along with co-lead counsel Christopher Leibig, successfully negotiated a plea to life in Commonwealth v. Mack Leon Wood, a death penalty case that had been pending for over 18 months in Arlington County, VA. The...
by Brad Haywood | Jul 19, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Jonathan Sheldon, Post-conviction, Virginia
Following a day-long hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, VA, Judge Michael Urbanski denied William Morva’s request to represent himself in post-conviction proceedings. Jon Sheldon opposed his client’s request, noting that Morva’s serious...
by Brad Haywood | Jul 12, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Jonathan Sheldon, Virginia
“Jon Sheldon, a criminal defense attorney who has defended a number of death penalty cases around the country, said that there is room for different protocols because state law merely requires execution by injection of a lethal substance and leaves the...
by Brad Haywood | Jun 3, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Joseph Flood, Restorative Justice
On May 2, 2014, Joseph Flood was accepted and testified as an expert witness on the standard of care and the duties that trial counsel owes to a capital defendant in a capital case in the matter of Willie Scott v. State of Alabama, a capital habeas case pending in the...
by Brad Haywood | Mar 12, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Jonathan Sheldon, Juvenile Defense, Virginia, Washington
Noting his criminal defense experience around the country, Virginia Lawyers Weekly quotes Jon Sheldon on the need to object and preserve the client’s rights: Click here for the full article
by Brad Haywood | Nov 18, 2013 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, DC, Jonathan Sheldon, Washington
Jon Sheldon will present litigation and trial strategy at the 21st Annual Capital Defense Workshop, in Washington, DC.
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