Mr. Volberding obtains release of client on bond following reversal of his conviction for 40 years prison for a drug crime

In 2006, a Texarkana jury found a local man guilty of selling drugs and sentenced him to 40 years, notwithstanding that the confidential informant who was instrumental in the conviction testified that she planted the drugs at the man's house.  After the client's appeals were exhausted, he turned to Mr. Volberding for help.  Mr. Volberding filed a civil lawsuit against the client's criminal trial attorney, who committed a string of mistakes with destroyed the client's chances for acquittal in his original trial.  After taking the lawyer's deposition, in which he confirmed his trial mistakes, Mr. Volberding sent the deposition to the Court of Criminal Appeals to support the client's application for writ of habeas corpus.  In May 2010, the Court agreed that the criminal trial lawyer failed to provide effective representation and ordered a new trial.  See opinion.  On June 24, Mr. Volberding sought and obtained release of his client on $30,000 bond, pending retrial.  Until trial, at least, the client can spend time helping his elderly mother.