Matt Kaplan recently argued before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals a case that may set an important precedent relating to police interrogation of suspects. Mr. Kaplan, on behalf of his client, argued that police officers improperly interrogated his…
Matt Kaplan prevailed on behalf of his client in a criminal case decided yesterday by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The Court's opinion, which reverses the murder conviction of Mr. Kaplan's client, addresses two fundamental issues of constitutional…
Matt Kaplan has obtained the reversal of his client's murder conviction. Kaplan had argued that constitutional errors committed by the trial court resulted in an unfair trial and may have led to his client's wrongful conviction. The case, decided earlier…
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed the federal murder conviction of a Kaplan Law Firm client. The murder occurred in Mexico and the decision sets an important precedent about the applicability of U.S. law outside the United States.…
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…