She is also the Chairperson for the Board of Directors for Justice 360, Vice-Chair of the Amicus Committee for the Fourth Circuit for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and is on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Elizabeth is also Of Counsel for the Charleston law firm of Adams & Bischoff.
Elizabeth Franklin-Best is a state and federal appeals attorney in Columbia, SC who is licensed in:
Elizabeth accepts white collar criminal defense cases and state and federal criminal appellate cases including habeas corpus actions in the jurisdictions listed.
In an unpublished opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed Bondars’ convictions for conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371, conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, and aiding and abetting computer intrusions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030(a)(5)(A) and 2, denying his claim that he was merely in a buyer-seller relationship with hackers and not ...
Can you file a Qui Tam action if you are aware of healthcare fraud against the government? I’ve written previously about the False Claims Act – if you are aware of fraud against the government, you can file a “Qui Tam” action to recover the funds and keep a portion of the recovery as a ...
How do federal courts use the AEDPA to deny justice? Ronnie Wallace Long has lived in prison for 43 years after a conviction for rape and burglary in 1976. 30 years after his conviction, he learned that the state of NC had a wealth of exculpatory information at the time of his trial that they ...
The First Step Act allows the court to reduce an inmate’s sentence if their offense was covered under the Fair Sentencing Act, but does the First Step Act apply to supervised release revocation? In U.S. v. Venable, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the First Step Act does apply to supervised release revocations ...
What is the First Step Act? In previous articles, I’ve discussed how the First Step Act allows some inmates to get their sentences reduced and how the First Step Act is the most recent effort to correct the disparity between sentencing for defendants charged with powder vs. crack cocaine. Even when an inmate has completed ...
MEDIA CONTACT: LaDonna Beeker, paralegal/marketing director, ladonna@franklinbestlaw.com, 803-445-1333 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chesterfield County man granted a new trial December 4, 2019 (Columbia, S.C.) – The Supreme Court of South Carolina granted Oscar Fortune a new trial today after an appeal was filed regarding improper statements made to the jury by the assistant solicitor during trial ...
