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Thomas A. Gorman is a highly experienced criminal defense lawyer in Sedona, Arizona, with over 25 years of specialization in criminal law. Mr. Gorman is certified as a Specialist in Criminal Law by the State Bar of Arizona and recognized as Learned counsel in United States District Court. He has a statewide trial, appellate, and habeas corpus practice, with expertise in 4th Amendment suppression issues and the law of search and seizure. Mr. Gorman is known for challenging all Interstate 40, Interstate 17 traffic stops by law enforcement that result in the seizure of money or drugs from travelers. He has successfully defended clients in various cities across Arizona, including Winslow, Bisbee, Cottonwood, Flagstaff, Kingman, Phoenix, Prescott, Nogales, Page, Sedona, Snowflake, and Tucson. Throughout his career, Mr. Gorman has achieved not guilty verdicts or outright dismissals for clients facing charges such as transporting marijuana, possessing marijuana, sale of marijuana (using entrapment defense), money laundering (using entrapment defense), 1st Degree Murder, capital murder, sexual assault, sale of drugs, domestic violence, assault, theft, and more. He employs a range of defense strategies, including entrapment defense in marijuana and money laundering cases, the battered women syndrome, mental health defenses, and self-defense. Mr. Gorman has also represented death row inmates and trial capital defendants before State and Federal trial courts, the Arizona Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He successfully convinced the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse the death sentences of Leroy Cropper and Gary W. Snelling, as well as the capital 1st degree murder conviction of Henry Hall. His notable cases include State v. Cropper 206 AZ.153, State v. Snelling, CR-08-0164-AP (Ariz.), and State v. Hall, 204 Ariz. 442. Mr. Gorman has also represented the Appellee/defendant in published opinions such as Poland v. Stewart, 169 F3d 573 (9th Circuit 1999).

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• 4th Amendment Defense To Interstate Drug Stops
• Criminal Defense

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