Oklahoma v. MLK, Cleveland County, CF-99-1844
Defendant with frontal lobe brain disorder and multiple prior felony convictions charged w/ assault & battery on a deputy after being antagonized, pepper-sprayed and dog-piled by guards inside the Cleveland County jail. In MLK's defense, Mr. Pierce presented the testimony of America's foremost expert in forensic neurology and a west coast expert in the effects of pepper spray. That evidence, combined with vigorous direct and cross-examination of numerous past and present jail personnel, resulted in an acquittal by the jury.