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Imhoff & Associates Secures Release of Wrongfully Convicted Client Luis Galicia and Dismissal of Child Molestation Case
San Diego (California) – Defense Attorney Shannon Dorvall of the Imhoff & Associates Law Firm, one of the largest multi-jurisdictional criminal defense firms, escorted her client Luis Galicia into the arms of his loving family upon his release after successfully getting her client’s case dismissed by the First District Court of Appeals on November 23, 2011. Luis served four years after a trial court convicted him for sexual molestation of his sister Araceli Galicia. At the original trial, the state’s doctor testified that she believed that Araceli had been forcibly raped, despite the testimony of the doctor for the defense, who stated he disagreed with the state’s evidence. Even though Araceli recanted her testimony and said that the charges were not true, the trial jury convicted Luis Galicia, and the sentence handed down was two 15 to life sentences.
The family hired the Imhoff firm to file an appeal on Luis’ behalf. While awaiting the Judge’s response in the appeal case, the family took Araceli to two doctors who examined her and disagreed with the state’s doctor, both stating that Araceli’s hymen was intact and that she had never had sex. The Imhoff firm also filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus on Luis Galicia’s behalf with the First District Court of Appeals, who agreed to order a hearing, and the Imhoff firm was also successful in obtaining the cooperation of the San Diego District Attorney’s Office to review the new medical evidence. The District Attorney agreed to have the Children’s Hospital also review the trial photos and examine the girl, and they agreed also that she had never had sex. The District Attorney testified at the hearing that the trial evidence was nonsense. The Judge ordered the case dismissed and the release of Mr. Galicia.
The Imhoff firm believes that no family should have to endure the ordeal that the Galicia family has gone through. Unfortunately, innocent people can be accused of all sorts of crimes they have not committed. If a person is arrested or charged with a sex crime, these are serious charges and can ruin a person’s reputation and life as well as destroy their family’s lives. Imhoff & Associates believes in justice and that all persons are innocent until proved otherwise. That is why the Imhoff legal defense team vigorously defends their clients by specializing in the most innovative legal services defense strategies and treats their clients with the utmost dignity and respect. The firm’s outstanding and skilled defense attorneys work diligently and creatively to offer the highest level of service to our clients and uphold the principles and standards upon which this firm was founded by providing service to clients with members of the firm available 24/7.
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Freed Inmate Hopes to Help Others
A man in Kansas City, Missouri, was recently released from prison and hopes that his case will help others who may be falsely imprisoned in the future.
The man was convicted in 1984 for a murder that occurred during a gas station shooting in St. Louis.
However, it was discovered that one of the key witnesses in the case lied about the convicted man’s involvement in the shooting.
Prisoner’s Innocence Proven
Darryl Burton, 46, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole for 50 years and was released from the Jefferson City Correctional Center last Friday when he was proven innocent.
Burton was released when his case was sent back to trial and it was revealed that witness Claudex Simmons lied about seeing Burton shoot the victim who died.
Effort to Help Other Innocent Victims
Burton is now hoping that his case will better inform the general public about the wrong imprisonment of thousands of innocent victims throughout the country.
“I come to prison thinking that this is an isolated incident, I’m the only person this has ever happened to,” Burton said. “But it does happens in more cases than we know.”
(Source: The Associated Press)
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Inmate Admits to Murder and Innocent Man Freed
An inmate in Ohio recently admitted to a murder one of his fellow inmates was being imprisoned for.
The murder took place in 1998 and took the life of a legally blind woman.
Murderer Comes Forward
Earl G. Mann, 35, recently came forward and pleaded guilty to taking part in the brutal murder of Judith Johnson, 58.
Johnson was reportedly raped and killed at her Barberton home in the early morning.
Her granddaughter, who was an unexpected houseguest that night, was also raped, but survived.
Wrong Man Sent to Jail
Clarence Elkins was accused of the rapes and murder and investigators believed Elkins drove to Johnson’s home, who was his mother-in-law, and raped and killed her, before raping his niece.
The girl claimed it was Elkins who raped her, which served as key evidence in the case.
Family Fights Back
Since his imprisonment, Elkins and his wife have fought for his release and called on another DNA testing.
Investigators found that on Johnson’s property was a cigarette with Mann’s DNA on it.
Elkins was released and Mann’s new sentence, he was in jail for several attacks on girls, is 55 years in prison.
(Source: Canton Rep)
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Wrongly Imprisoned North Carolina Man
According to reports, a man who was wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit is now eligible to receive more money from the state of North Carolina.
Before lawmakers bring this year’s legislative session to a close, lawmakers have agreed to give the man, along with others who are eligible, $50,000 each.
The victims were reportedly already given compensation, but this latest payout will be given in addition for their time in prison.
Man Wrongly Convicted and Jailed
Dwayne Dail spent 18 years in prison for a rape, which it was recently found, he didn’t commit.
“What I want to you to think about is if your child were accused of a crime and were sent to prison as Dwayne Dail and others have been,” stated Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, to her colleagues in the Senate.
Victim Finally Sees Justice
Dail was charged with raping a child and after his sentence when Dail requested DNA testing be done, he was told the evidence was lost.
“He is now a very damaged person,” explains Kinnaird. “We feel this is what the people owe to someone who has been wrongly convicted and so badly treated.”
The Senate reportedly voted 37-1 in favor of the new measure, which will increase the amount of compensation available to the wrongly convicted.
(Source: NewsObserver)
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