Rochester City Court Judge dismisses resisting arrest charge lodged against defendant, represented by ETKS associate Danielle Wild
Following a pre-trial hearing, Rochester City Court Judge Ellen Yacknin agreed with defense counsel (ETKS associate Danielle Wild) that law enforcement had no lawful basis to detain, let alone arrest, the defendant. In a decision issued August 31st, Judge Yacknin wrote, “Sergeant Leckinger lacked the reasonable suspicion of criminality necessary to forcibly detain defendant when he did so. Accordingly, any evidence that the police seized or observed as a result of defendant’s unlawful detention,...
read moreInnocence Project Exoneree Freddie Peacock awarded $6.2M for Wrongful Imprisonment
Freddie Peacock, an Innocence Project exoneree and client of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin and ETKS, was awarded $6.2 million for his wrongful imprisonment. Western District Judge Michael Telesca said the same fragile mental state that made Freddie Peacock ill-equipped to fight the rape allegations against him when they were first brought in the mid-1970s also made it particularly difficult for him to serve time as a reputed sex offender in a maximum-security state prison....
read morePodcast: Burden Of Proof With Don Thompson
“In this podcast, MyCase’s Legal Technology Evangelist, Niki Black, talks to Don about his career and many successes, including a few of the wrongful convictions he’s worked to overturn. He also shares a few war stories from trenches and offers tips for young lawyers and law students interested in pursuing a career path similar to his.” Download the podcast...
read morePartner Bill Easton walked Rachael Casey out of prison
With the assistance of the Cornell Law School Innocence Clinic, partner Bill Easton was able to walk Rachel Casey out of prison last week. Casey was convicted of arson and murder in connection with a fire that killed her infant daughter. Her appeal was based primarily on a lack of scientific evidence to back the arson claim. In 2012, Casey’s lawyers argued in Steuben County Court that the conviction should be voided because the original court-appointed defense...
read moreRhian Jones scheduled to speak on “Best Practices for Initiating and Defending Contempt Proceedings” at Family Law Update 2016
Rhian Jones, of counsel, is scheduled to speak with Judge Kohout on “Best Practices for Initiating and Defending Contempt Proceedings” at the Family Law Update 2016 Continuing Legal Education Seminar presented by the NYS Defenders Association and the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office. The CLE will be on Saturday, June 11, 2016, at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport, 175 Jefferson...
read moreJudge Telesca allows bulk of Freddie Peacock’s constitutional and civil rights claims against City of Rochester to proceed
An article was published in today’s New York Law Journal on Judge Michael Telesca’s remarkable decision Peacock vs. City of Rochester, a civil rights action following Mr. Peacock’s wrongful conviction and subsequent exoneration through the efforts of the Innocence Project and ETKS. Mr. Peacock is represented by partner Don Thompson and Neufeld Scheck & Brustin attorneys Nick Brustin and Danielle Hamilton. Western District Judge Michael Telesca ruled that Freddie Peacock may proceed to...
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