NLPA Helps Get New Trial for Defendant Serving Life Sentence

With NLPA’s research assistance, Attorney Charles A. Murray of Naples, Florida was able to obtain a new trial for a client serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

Cincinnati, Ohio. July 29, 2011. NLPA provided Attorney Murray with research and arguments to convince the Seventh Circuit Court of Putnam County Florida that his client, Jesus Modesto Rios, received ineffective assistance of trial counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment rights. Following an evidentiary hearing, the court agreed that Mr. Rios had been denied the right to effective counsel at his 1999 jury trial. The court then ordered a new trial for Mr. Rios. Counsel was able to negotiate a plea agreement for ten years, seven of which had already been served.

Mr. Rios’s case shows exactly why hope for relief and the fight for justice should never be given up. He appealed his case in 2001 to no avail, but never quit. Instead, he contacted NLPA about the possibility of assisting counsel with research services. NLPA put Mr. Rios in touch with Attorney Charles Murray, an experienced criminal defense attorney in Naples, who was willing to take Mr. Rios’s case, and fight for justice with NLPA’s assistance. The rest is history. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Charles A. Murray and NLPA, Mr. Rios was able to drastically reduce his sentence.

About National Legal Professionals
National Legal Professional Associates was founded in 1986 upon the belief that individuals challenged by the judicial process deserved the highest quality legal representation possible. NLPA is a technical consulting firm dedicated to the professional objective of providing criminal defense, legal counsel, research, and related work product to members of the Bar.

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