Appleton Criminal Lawyer

Defense attorneys Candace Rader and Valerie Cooke of Carroll County, GA, have been charged with stealing a murdered man’s possessions. The two attorneys represented the man’s wife, Debra Post, when she was accused of killing him in 2002. According to the charges, Rader and Cooke knowingly took property that had belonged to Post’s late husband as payment for their legal services. Allegedly the stolen property was worth more than $320,000.

Rader and Cooke are being tried under Georgia’s “slayer’s statute,” which says that a person who commits murder cannot inherit anything from his or her victim. Post has confessed to her husband’s murder and is currently serving a life sentence.

If you are facing theft charges, contact experienced Appleton theft defense attorneys Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595.

Middlesex resident John Odgren was arrested early in January, 2007, and charged with stabbing fellow high school student James F. Alenson to death in an unprovoked attack. Alenson was fifteen at the time of the incident. Odgren’s trial, which was scheduled to begin this fall, has been delayed by the prosecution’s request to submitted tape recorded conversations between Odgren and his parents as evidence. The boy’s attorneys are maintaining that he was legally insane at the time of the attack; the prosecution claims that these phone calls, recorded while the boy was in prison shortly after his arrest, will make his mental stability clear to the jury.

In May Superior Court Judge Raymond Brassard ruled that the tapes were not admissible. The Supreme Judicial Court will be the next to weigh in on this matter.

If you are facing charges of homicide, contact Appleton homicide defense lawyers Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595.

Last month Edsel Cooley, an senior citizen of Winston-Salem, NC, reported that two men had come to his door, hit him with a blunt object and robbed him. On July 31, Chester SC resident  David Hemrick Jr was arrested and charged with assault, robbery and burglary  related to this  incident. Earlier today a second man was also arrested, 45 year old Statesville resident Benjamin Schenck. He is facing the same charges as Hemrick. His court date is scheduled for August 29; Hemrick will appear in court on August 15.

If you are facing serious charges, contact Appleton robbery defense attorneys Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595.

At 6:30 this morning, fire fighters spotted flames from Detroit Lion’s Academy, a middle school supported by the football team and a number of other companies. The school is designed to help students who have struggled with school before. The fire was out by 7:30, with no injuries sustained. Officials from the school are reassuring parents that classes will begin on schedule in September. Sadly, investigators believe the fire was likely arson.

If you are facing charges of arson, it is vital to have convincing legal representation. Contact Appleton arson defense attorneys Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595.

Studies released recently by Human Rights Watch, the Sentencing Project and Minnesota’s Council on Crime and Justice all reached the same conclusion: although white and black people use illegal drugs at the same rate, black people are more likely to be arrested for this crime. They are also likely to receive harsher penalties. The largest gap between these two races was found in Wisconsin, where forty-two black people are imprisoned for drugs charges for every one white person.

If you have been charged with a drug-related offense, you need a dedicated and assertive attorney on your side. Contact Appleton drug crime defense lawyers Kohler, Hart & Priebe at (414) 271-9595.