by Jon Sheldon | Feb 20, 2015 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Joseph Flood, Post-conviction, Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer
In a 2-1 majority decision, the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals granted habeas relief to Roger Wheeler, a Kentucky death row inmate, finding that the state trial court violated his rights during his capital trial in 2000. SFH Partner Joseph Flood took Mr....
by Jon Sheldon | Oct 11, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Joseph Flood, Post-conviction, Uncategorized, VA, Virginia, Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer
Sheldon, Flood & Haywood attorney Joseph Flood presented oral argument to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on October 1, 2014, in a death penalty habeas appeal on behalf of Roger Wheeler, an inmate on Kentucky’s death row. Argument focused on three issues...
by Jon Sheldon | 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 Jon Sheldon | Jul 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Jonathan Sheldon, Post-conviction, Super Lawyers
Jon Sheldon has been selected as a Super Lawyer for Criminal Defense and Post-Convction for 2014 by Super Lawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition...
by Jon Sheldon | 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...
