Elizabeth Franklin-Best is a criminal appellate lawyer in Columbia, South Carolina whose practice is focused exclusively on criminal appeals in both state and federal courts.
Incredible advocacy by my dear friend and Appellate Amazon, Kat Hudgins! Also a very significant shift in the law on...
It’s never easy to win a case on federal habeas review, and more difficult still to win on a Brady...
The United States Supreme Court issued an extraordinary win today on a Batson claim in Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349...
Excellent work by the very experienced Tara Shurling! Unanimous opinion reversing the circuit court’s denial of Ms. Tappeiner’s application for...
Striking a well-earned blow to the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office’s argument that victims of criminal domestic violence should not be...
This case is a travesty of justice. If ever there was a case where a circuit court of appeal was...
Excellent work by two very talented appellate lawyers, Carmen Ganjehsani and Laura Baer. The Greenville Police Department employed its SWAT...
Excellent win for the Winston-Salem office of the North Carolina Federal Public Defender! Another recent win in the Fourth Circuit...
A must-read unpublished opinion for anyone contemplating a career move to bail-bondsman, with the notion of securing your bounties in...
This is an excellent recent case out of the 5th Circuit, a circuit historically loath to reverse the convictions of...