Accomplishments To Date

Back on remand, the Michigan Court of Appeals got it wrong and decided that the error was harmless. Omar would indeed prove that the Michigan Court of Appeals was wrong. Omar immediately challenged the Michigan Court of Appeals' decision again by appealing to the Michigan Supreme Court. Again, Omar persuaded the Michigan Supreme Court to rule in Mr. Bruner's favor because the Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Michigan Court of Appeals, found that the confrontation violation was indeed harmful and ultimately reversed Mr. Bruner's first-degree murder conviction, natural life sentence and ordered a new trial.
After proceeding to a retrial, Mr. Bruner was acquitted of all charges and walked away as a free man.
Despite being sentenced to 32 to 50 years in prison for assault with intent to murder, armed robbery and gun convictions, Bobby Younger walked out of prison decades early on July 11, 2019, all because he trusted his case in the hands of a law firm where NAC's founder Omar served as the Chief of Research & Appeals. See MLive Article, Perjured testimony leads to early prison release for alleged Flint Gang member, dated 7-11-19. After seeking a direct appeal represented by court appointed counsel and losing, Mr. Younger, acting in propria persona sought post-conviction review in state court and federal court but had no luck. Virtually out of options, Mr. Younger hired a law firm where he knew Omar would handle his case. After evaluating Mr. Younger's case, Omar found a slew of errors, but one in particular, i.e., witness perjury, was sure to get Mr. Younger the relief he had pursued for so long.
Knowing that the prosecutor's office could not justify its reliance on perjury from its witnesses, Omar authored a letter addressed to the prosecutor asking that he (the prosecutor) confess to the error and allow Mr. Younger to leave prison with time served. Based on the letter detailing the issue of perjury, the prosecutor confessed that his witnesses committed perjury and agreed to set Mr. Younger free.
In June 2019, NAC's founder Omar helped Steven Moss defeat the Michigan Attorney General's motion to dismiss Mr. Moss' petition for a writ of habeas corpus on untimeliness grounds. See Moss v. Winn, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102343 (E.D. Mich. Jun 19, 2019). After losing his direct appeal of right while represented by other retained counsel, Mr. Moss hired the law firm where Omar served as Chief of Research & Appeals to file a post-conviction motion for relief from judgment to challenge his conviction for possession with intent to deliver 1,000 or more grams of cocaine.
After evaluating Mr. Moss' case, Omar discovered and raised issues that his (Mr. Moss') prior attorney had ignored. Omar helped Mr. Moss' fully exhaust his state court remedies before filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court. Once Mr. Moss' federal habeas petition was filed, the Michigan Attorney General's Office filed a motion to dismiss the habeas petition, claiming that the habeas petition was filed late because it was filed one day after the one-year statutory deadline. Omar would prove the Michigan Attorney General's office wrong and ensure that Mr. Moss' habeas petition was deemed timely filed.
Omar prepared a response to the Michigan Attorney General's motion to dismiss and came up with a phenomenal counter-argument. Omar presented that although Mr. Moss' habeas petition was indeed filed on the 366th day (rather than the 365th day) the habeas petition was timely filed because Mr. Moss' statute of limitations period found in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1) started during a leap year, i.e., 2016. Omar presented that since the one-year statute of limitations period involved a leap year, (which consists of 366 days, rather than 365 days), Mr. Moss had 366 days to timely file his habeas petition and not just 365 days. The federal district court judge found Omar's argument persuasive and ruled against the Michigan Attorney General's office. Mr. Moss' habeas petition was accepted as timely filed.