Federal Sentencing Guidelines Zero Criminal History Amendment Will Be Retroactive The United States Sentencing Commission voted on August 24, 2023 to make the zero criminal history amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines retroactive with a delayed effective date. The Sentencing Commission approved the retroactive application of the amendment, but determined that the amendment would not […]
RESENTENCING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS PROPOSED
February 4, 2021 by
A 2021 ALABAMA HOUSE BILL PROPOSES RESENTENCING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS WITH NON VIOLENT CONVICTIONS House Bill 24 proposes allowing resentencing of habitual offenders who have non-violent convictions prior to October 1, 2013. The proposed law would allow resentencing of habitual offenders under certain limited circumstances. People who were convicted of a non-violent offense prior to […]
SEARCH WARRANT APPEAL WIN
January 19, 2021 by
BRADFORD LADNER LLP WINS SEARCH WARRANT APPEAL WITH COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS UPHOLDING GRANT OF MOTION TO SUPPRESS ILLEGALLY SEIZED EVIDENCE Bradford Ladner wins search warrant appeal in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. We successfully defended the trial court’s decision to grant a motion to suppress evidence that was illegally seized when a search […]
LIFE SENTENCE REVERSED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING APPEAL
January 15, 2021 by
Court of Criminal Appeals holds drug dog sniff violates 4th Amendment Recent Court of Criminal Appeals decision reversed Bradford Ladner’s client’s life sentence for drug trafficking, holding the trial court made the wrong ruling when it denied a motion to suppress evidence from a search warrant. Officers of the Mobile Police Department used a drug […]
APPEAL WAIVERS IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES EXAMINED BY SUPREME COURT
November 6, 2018 by
Supreme Court Hears Argument on Appeal Waivers in Federal Criminal Cases The United States Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in a case concerning appeal waivers in Federal criminal cases. The appeal involves a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on an attorney failing to file an appeal when requested to do so […]
Alabama Expungement Law Expands
October 5, 2017 by
Alabama Expungement Law Expands to Include Cases with Not Guilty Verdicts Even on Violent Offenses As of May 25, 2017, the Alabama Expungement Law has been expanded to allow expungement of cases where there was a not guilty verdict. The new expansion of the expungement law includes expungement of violent offenses where there is a […]
2017 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON ALABAMA CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
February 15, 2017 by
2017 Proposed Legislation Regarding Alabama Criminal Law and Procedure A number of bills have been introduced in the 2017 Alabama Legislative Session that relate to Alabama Criminal Law and Procedure. House Bill 12 – Mandatory Time for Certain Sex Offenses House Bill 12 provides that a person convicted of rape in the first degree, sodomy in […]
PROPOSED BILL EXPANDS ALABAMA EXPUNGEMENT LAW
February 15, 2017 by
House Bill 28 Proposes Expansion of Alabama Expungement Law To Include Some Convictions Representative Chris England of Tuscaloosa has introduced legislation to expand the Alabama Expungement law to include convictions for some misdemeanor and felony convictions. House bill 28 would expand the Alabama Expungement law to include convictions for misdemeanor offenses, traffic violations, municipal ordinance violations, […]
CLIENT FOUND NOT GUILTY OF SEX ABUSE CHARGE
July 6, 2016 by
Bradford Ladner Client NOT GUILTY Of Sex Abuse Charge After a hard fought and contentious trial, Bradford Ladner attorneys Amber Ladner and William Bradford won a not guilty verdict on a Sex Abuse charge in the Jefferson County Circuit Court in Birmingham, Alabama. In this case our client was charged with a two count sex […]
FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE DISMISSED IN MOBILE ALABAMA
June 21, 2016 by
Federal Drug Charge in Mobile Alabama Federal District Court Dismissed William K. “Chip” Bradford participated in a Federal drug charge appeal that led to the dismissal of all charges. The client’s trial counsel had successfully argued a motion to suppress the evidence found when an Alabama State Trooper searched the client’s car after a routine […]
MOBILE COUNTY DRUG CHARGES DISMISSED
June 15, 2016 by
MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED AND MOBILE COUNTY DRUG CHARGES DISMISSED A client’s Mobile County drug charges were dismissed with prejudice after Bradford Ladner successfully won a motion to suppress evidence illegally seized with a search warrant. The client faced numerous drug charges and drug paraphrenalia charges after the Mobile City Police Drug Task Force executed […]
AMBER LADNER NAMED AS ONE OF BIRMINGHAM TOP WOMEN LAWYERS
September 4, 2015 by
B-Metro Magazine Lists Ladner On Birmingham Top Women Lawyers List B-Metro has released its 2015 list of Birmingham Top Women Lawyers in a recent publication. Bradford Ladner LLP is proud to say that Amber Ladner was included in the publication as a top women lawyer in Alabama for 2015. Ladner is delighted to take her […]
Prison Reform Bill Introduced In Alabama Legislature
April 3, 2015 by
Prison Reform Bill Reviewed By Senate Judiciary Committee A prison reform bill was introduced in the Alabama Senate late last month. A large portion of the proposed legislation is aimed at diverting offenders charged with drug offenses and low level property crimes away from prison and into supervised probation programs and community corrections. The Alabama […]
Not Guilty In Altered Firearm Case
April 3, 2015 by
Client Found Not Guilty On Firearm Charge Amber Ladner and William “Chip” Bradford obtained a not guilty verdict last week on an altered firearm case in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Our client had been charged with being in possession of an altered firearm. The State alleged that the firearm involved in the case was […]
New Decision Addresses Authentication of Email Evidence
December 12, 2014 by
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decision Sets Out Requirements For Authenticating E-mail Evidence In a decision announced November 21, 2014 by the Alabama Court Of Criminal Appeals, the appellate court set out for the first time the evidentiary requirements for the admission of email evidence in an Alabama criminal trial. In Culp v. State ____ […]
ALABAMA SENTENCING GUIDELINES APPLY TO SENTENCING IN PRE-GUIDELINES CASE
November 11, 2014 by
The Alabama Sentencing Guidelines Apply to Any Sentencing After October 1, 2013 In an October 3, 2014 decision from the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals held that the Alabama Sentencing Guidelines applied to cases where the offense was committed prior to the effective date of the presumptive guidelines, but where the […]
Alabama Criminal Sentencing – Coterminous Time
November 11, 2014 by
Alabama Criminal Appeals Decision Says No Coterminous Time In Alabama Criminal Sentencing The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals held that Alabama criminal sentencing under the Alabama Code does not include a grant of authority to a trial court to run sentences coterminously. In Carroll V. Alabama Department of Corrections, released October 3, 2014, the Alabama […]
ALABAMA EXPUNGEMENT GRANTED
October 24, 2014 by
Petition For Alabama Expungement Granted Bradford Ladner LLP is happy to say that we have been successful in obtaining relief for our client under the Alabama Expungement Law. Our client was charged a number of years ago with a misdemeanor theft charge in a local municipal court. The client successfully completed a deferred prosecution program […]
MOUNTAIN BROOK CITY COURT
October 24, 2014 by
Information On Mountain Brook Municipal Court Mountain Brook City Court handles violations of city ordinances and misdemeanor criminal cases that occur within the police jurisdiction of the Mountain Brook Police Department. fines in City Court can be up to $6,000.00 and jail sentences may be up to one year depending on the Class of Misdemeanor […]
ALABAMA EXPUNGEMENT BILL UPDATE
April 8, 2014 by
Alabama Expungement Bill Waiting For Governors Signature The Alabama expungement bill has passed both the house and senate and is awaiting the Governor’s signature. The bill would allow the expungement of misdemeanor and some felony criminal records where the person involved was acquitted or the case was dismissed or nol prossed. If signed, the new […]
