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D. Brandon Brinegar

Republican · NE

D. Brandon Brinegar serves as chief deputy in the Buffalo County Public Defender's Office, which represents people appointed counsel by the court.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 1 record

  • Handled a Nebraska Supreme Court appeal as Buffalo County chief deputy public defender. He argued his client should go free because the trial came too late under the speedy-trial law. The court disagreed and upheld the lower court.

    February 23, 2024

    Source: nebraska.gov

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 3 favorable

  • Won part of a Nebraska Supreme Court appeal as a Buffalo County deputy public defender. The court ruled a judge wrongly denied his client good-behavior credit that shortens prison time. It sent the sentence back to be fixed.

    April 28, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: nebraska.gov

  • Won a Nebraska Supreme Court appeal as a Buffalo County deputy public defender. The court overturned his client's conviction for criminal impersonation. It ruled that giving police a made-up name that belongs to no real person is not that crime.

    February 27, 2015Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: nebraska.gov

  • Won a Nebraska Supreme Court appeal for a mother in a child custody case. He worked at the law firm Ross, Schroeder & George. The court threw out a joint custody order that neither parent had asked for.

    January 22, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: nebraska.gov

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