Criminal
Apr. 23, 2008
Supreme Court - The Hottest Docket in Town
For the rare chance to argue in the Supreme Court spotlight, Thomas Goldstein and his firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, aggressively courted a pro per inmate who had argued his way onto the docket.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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WASHINGTON - Against very long odds and without a lawyer, Texas prisoner Carlos Jimenez hit the jackpot last month, successfully petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his little-noticed case, a procedural dispute about his habeas challenge to a 1991 burglary conviction.
The inmate's surprising accomp...
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