PROPOSED NEW LAW FOR RESENTENCING HABITUAL OFFENDERS

A 2021 ALABAMA HOUSE BILL PROPOSES RESENTENCING OF HABITUAL OFFENDERS WITH NON VIOLENT CONVICTIONS Alabama House Bill 24 proposes allowing resentencing of habitual offenders with non-violent offenses committed prior to October 1, 2013.  Under the proposed law, people currently serving time in Alabama prisons with a sentence on a non-violent offense that was imposed under [...]

BRADFORD LADNER LLP WINS SEARCH WARRANT APPEAL

Another Search Warrant Appeal Win  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 warrant was improperly executed. In Trenteon King, the trial court granted King’s motion to suppress evidence [...]

REVERSAL IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIMINAL APPEAL

LIFE SENTENCE REVERSED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING APPEAL 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 [...]

Bradford Featured Speaker Speaking at AIM CLE Seminar 2012

Alabama Criminal Defense Attorney Bradford Speaks on Topic of Eyewitness Testimony Alabama Criminal Defense Attorney William K. “Chip” Bradford of Bradford Ladner, LLP. will speak at the 2012 Attorneys Insurance Mutual of the South, Inc. Seminar on November 30, 2012. Bradford will speak on Eyewitness Identification in Criminal trials.  Eyewitness identifications are used as evidence [...]