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RECENT APPELLATE, POST-CONVICTION AND SENTENCING NEWS FROM OUR CASES

November 16, 2015 - Post-Conviction Motion Granted Vacating Plea and Conviction

November 16, 2015, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court granted Mr. Kent's post conviction motion to vacate the plea and conviction of his client, Y.P who had pled guilty and been convicted of the felony offense of obtaining prescription controlled substances by fraud.  As part of a negotiated disposition of the case, Y.P. agreed to enter a plea to a withhold of adjudication on a misdemeanor petit theft.  The effect of this disposition is to protect Y.P.'s application for United States' citizenship.

Ryan McFarland