Tag: habeas corpus results

Clint Broden began working pro bono on the case of Michael Arena in January 2006. Finally, after countless hearings and the Texas Supreme Court’s first decision in a juvenile habeas case, Michael walked out of prison at approximately 5:25 pm on June 1, 2012.  He was sent to prison in October 1999. In 1999 gas…

Juvenile Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault Goes Free Clint Broden has been representing a client adjudicated as a juvenile for aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on a pro bono basis since 2006.  This case has been featured on ABC’s 20/20 and has received extensive publicity in the Austin area via the Austin Chronicle and…

Yesterday we found out that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted relief to our client Roderick Newton. Mr. Newton was convicted of shooting Jesus Montoya. Allegedly, he and his co-defendant Julian Williams, acted together when they robbed and killed Mr. Montoya. Julian Williams, in exchange for a plea agreement of ten years incarceration, testified…