Hatchett is the 19th person exonerated in Brooklyn since the district attorney, Ken Thompson, took office in 2014 and bolstered efforts to review questionable convictions. Mr. Hatchett's case had taken place during the tenure of Mr. Thompson's predecessor, Charles J.Mar 11, 2016
Was Andre Hatchett’s conviction reversed?
Mar 10, 2016 · (March 10, 2016 – Brooklyn, NY) On the motion of Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, a Brooklyn judge today is expected to reverse the murder conviction of Andre Hatchett who would walk out of the courtroom a free man after wrongly serving 25 years. The Innocence Project, with support from attorney Jim Brochin partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, …
Why did George Hatchett go to jail?
Summary of Case: "Andre Hatchett was wrongly convicted in 1992 of a 1991 murder convicted in Brooklyn, New York. Hatchett was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In January newly elected Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson revitalized the office's Conviction Integrity Unit. A post-conviction investigation by the CIU of Hatchett's case discoverd the jury relied on an …
Was Hatchett on crutches when he committed the crime?
Oct 04, 2017 · In October 2017, NSB reached a $12.25 million settlement with the City of New York on behalf of client Andre Hatchett, who spent 25 years wrongfully imprisoned for a Brooklyn murder. Mr. Hatchett’s conviction was overturned in 2016 when the Conviction Review Unit of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office reviewed his case and unearthed medical records …
How old was Andre Hatchett when he saw Carter?
Mar 11, 2016 · Andre Hatchett, in court Thursday with his lawyer Seema Saifee from the Innocence Project, after his murder conviction was overturned. A Brooklyn man who spent nearly 25 years behind bars walked ...
Was Andre Hatchett compensated?
In March 2017, Hatchett filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit. In October 2017, the city of New York settled the lawsuit for $12 million. Hatchett also filed a claim for compensation in the New York Court of Claims and received $2.5 million in 2021.Mar 17, 2016
How did Andre Hatchett get exonerated?
He was the 19th person to be exonerated under Brooklyn D.A. Ken Thompson's Conviction Integrity Unit. On the motion of Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, a Brooklyn judge reversed the murder conviction of Andre Hatchett on March 10, 2016 after wrongly serving 25 years.
Appellate
Represented 77 former state attorneys general as amici curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief supporting former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s appeal of his convictions for public corruption. The Court vacated McDonnell’s convictions and cited the attorneys general’s brief in its opinion.
Antitrust and RICO
Defended a major generic pharmaceutical company in an antitrust lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts alleging conspiracy to exclude generic competition through patent injunction. In a favorable settlement of the antitrust case, we obtained vacatur of an underlying patent judgment against our client.
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