Attorney Schoenhorn has maintained a large appellate practice for over 25 years, and is admitted to several state and federal appellate courts.
Successful appeals handled by our office include constitutional challenges to municipal youth curfew ordinances, establishing the right to protest and resist police misconduct, overturning a law that prevented judges from setting bail during appeals, restricting police ability to disrupt familial ties as an investigative tactic, limiting police ability to seize firearms from innocent civilians, challenging prosecutors’ efforts to enforce probation conditions after probation ends, defining the constitutional right to probable cause hearings for defendants accused of serious offenses, establishing the right to obtain evidence favorable to the defense prior to probable cause hearings, establishing procedures for inquiries into jury racial bias, and successfully challenging warrants issued without probable cause. Attorney Schoenhorn as also written friend-of-the-court briefs for the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
APPEALS WRITTEN AND/OR ARGUED BY JON L. SCHOENHORN