The Kaplan Law Firm's Matthew B. Kaplan has obtained the reversal of the criminal conviction of one of his clients. In an opinion issued last week the District of Columbia Court of Appeals—the highest "state" court in the District of…
Today the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued an opinion reversing the felony threats conviction of a client of Matthew B. Kaplan, The Kaplan Law Firm's Principal Attorney. The government had argued that our client had threatened another person…
The Kaplan Law Firm's Matthew B. Kaplan obtained the reversal of his client's criminal conviction in a decision issued today by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that strengthens the protections afforded by the jury system to criminal defendants. …
The Kaplan Law Firm recently filed an appeal with the D.C. Court of Appeals seeking reversal of our client's conviction for unlawful weapons possession. The case raises an interesting issue under the Constitution's Confrontation Clause about the right of a…
Last week I argued an important case, Mason v. United States (No. 15-CF-305), before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. I represented Mr. Mason, an African-American criminal defendant who had been convicted by a District of Columbia Superior Court jury. During…
March is turning out to be a busy month for appellate matters. The Kaplan Law Firm will have oral arguments in three separate appellate cases, all of which raise important issues of law. On March 21 we have an oral…
I represent a client who was found in 2014 to have committed the crime of stalking because he truthfully told others that another person had had an affair with his wife. Although what my client said may have embarrassed his…
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued a decision in favor of my client on a case involving important First Amendment issues. DISCLAIMER A D.C. Superior Court Judge had ruled that my client had committed the crime of…
I have filed an appellate brief in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on behalf of my client in what I believe is an important free speech case. The case deals with the extent that the District’s anti-stalking law…
I recently prevailed in a motion to have a client’s felony conviction reversed on grounds of actual innocence under the District of Columbia’s Innocence Protection Act (D.C. Code § 22–4135). Disclaimer A jury had convicted my client, who was then represented…