New Orleans Criminal Defense

New Orleans: Ex-cop to testify in post-Katrina shootings
A day after hearing a woman describe the shootings that cost her an arm and killed a family friend, jurors were expected Tuesday to hear from a former New Orleans police lieutenant who pleaded guilty to helping cover up the deadly shootings of unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.

Published Jun 28, 2011.
Read more: Chattanooga Times Free Press

Report: Felony arrests and conviction rates improving in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Metropolitan Crime Commission report released Monday found that 42 percent of the New Orleans felony arrests led to felony convictions in 2009. That’s the highest rate since the commission began tracking in 1999 and a significant increase from the 24 percent arrest-to-conviction rate for 2007, when the watchdog group started issuing regular reports on the New Orleans …

Published Jun 20, 2011.
Read more: FOX 8 New Orleans

Barbara Hershey has sentence reduced in shaken baby case
The ruling means she could be released “soon.”

Published Jun 18, 2011.
Read more: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle