Heartland’s Criminal Defense Practice Team has decades of experience in defending clients charged with serious crimes. Led by H. Ellis Armistead, CLI, we’ve gained a national reputation for thorough and focused criminal defense investigations. Our team has worked on over 15 death penalty cases throughout the country. There’s no substitute for that kind of track record.

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Overview

Focus Areas: Homicide, sex crimes, vehicular homicide, white-collar crimes, death penalty cases
Notable Cases: USA v. Timothy McVeigh (post-conviction investigation), USA v. Sablan, State of Florida v. Crosly Green
Expert Fields: Crime scene reconstruction, police procedure
Team Bios: H. Ellis Armistead, Jennifer Brown, Karen Myers
Articles of Interest: Defense Investigations of Alleged Sex Assaults on Children: Defending the Wrongfully Accused by Jennifer Brown, The Legal Investigator (Winter 2006)

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Services
Investigative Case analysis and strategic consulting Trial preparation and support Mitigation investigations Research Discovery organization Witness location and interviews Crime scene and accident reconstruction	Forensic Forensic computer analysis in support of computer crimes investigations Forensic accounting and analysis in white collar crimes Forensic photography Coordination of forensic testing