Not Guilty on Domestic Battery
This verdict favoring our client resulted from our firm’s experience in litigating domestic violence charges. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 Year in jail Result: Not Guilty
This verdict favoring our client resulted from our firm’s experience in litigating domestic violence charges. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 Year in jail Result: Not Guilty
Our innocent client was facing life in prison. The government would not listen to our arguments that the evidence showed he was innocent, so we filed numerous motions with the court arguing for dismissal based on speedy trial rights violations and vindictive prosecution. After reviewing our motions, the government dismissed the case rather than try…
Our client was young and facing incredibly serious charges that could have resulted in him losing his freedom for the rest of his life. Through investigation and witness statements we uncovered serious credibility issues with all four complaining witnesses. We convinced the government to drop all the charges. Charges: Attempted Premeditated Murder with a Firearm…
We found defense witnesses to establish an alibi to win our client’s case. Charges: Battery Time Faced: Juvenile consequences and supervision Result: Not Delinquent
Our client was accused of car burglary, but when it came time for trial the government didn’t have the evidence they claimed to have. This is why it’s important to have an attorney who knows what to look for. Charges: Burglary of an unoccupied conveyance Time Faced: Juvenile consequences and supervision Result: Judgment of Acquittal
Winning a bench trial, where the judge is your jury, in a case where the only witness is a police officer, is one of the hardest things to do in a courtroom. We were able to win our client’s case anyway. Charges: Resisting an officer with violence Time Faced: Juvenile consequences and supervision Result: Not…
Childish behavior shouldn’t be prosecuted in the criminal courts, but it was in this case. Our client was accused of pointing a laser pointer at a weather helicopter. After hearing our arguments about why the charges were not proven, the judge agreed and granted a judgment of acquittal, ending the case permanently with no conviction….
Our client was accused of starting a fight with other kids. Through cross examination and argument, we convinced the judge that she could not believe the other kids involved. She agreed and found our client not delinquent. Charges: Battery Time Faced: Juvenile consequences and supervision Result: Not delinquent
This favorable outcome for our client was made possible due to our comprehensive understanding of domestic violence cases. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 Year in jail Result: Not Guilty
The extensive knowledge our firm possesses regarding domestic violence charges played a pivotal role in achieving this successful result for our client Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 Year in jail Result: Not Guilty
Our client thought his life was over when he was arrested for serious sex offenses. We were upfront with him that the facts did not look good at first. But that is why investigation is so important. We coordinated a polygraph (lie-detector) test for him which he passed. We investigated the history of the complaining…
Our client’s favorable verdict stemmed from our legal team’s extensive experience in handling domestic violence cases. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 year in jail Result: Not Guilty
Credibility is often an issue in domestic charges. Exposing the weaknesses in the government’s case led to this win for our client. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 Year in jail Result: Not Guilty
When your lawyer knows how to challenge the government, sometimes the government gets caught without the right evidence. The government dismissed the case in the middle of trial. Charges: Domestic Battery Time Faced: 1 year in jail Result: Dismissed mid-trial
Trials on charges with police officer victims can be more difficult because juries start out wanting to believe the police. Our job is to show them that even police can misremember or lie. In this case we used our cross examinations to show that the two police officers weren’t credible because they had coordinated their…
You never know what is going to happen in trial. During our cross examination the witness, who had seemed credible before the trial, admitted to racist attitudes towards African Americans like our client, and admitted that she could not identify him. The jury did not take long to find him Not Guilty. Charges: Strong Arm…
Our client was identified as the robber by two separate witnesses who had no reason to lie and did not know each other. They identified our client based on his very unique facial features. We convinced the jury that he had been misidentified and that there were so many holes in the government’s case that…
Our client was innocently driving when a police officer, without cause, tailed him for miles before stopping his vehicle. A firearm belonging to our client’s girlfriend was discovered, but the officer ignored explanations of its lawful ownership. Frustrated, our client exclaimed, “Get the paperwork right so you don’t steal my gun!” – a statement misconstrued…
Our client was innocently driving when a police officer, without cause, tailed him for miles before stopping his vehicle. A firearm belonging to our client’s girlfriend was discovered, but the officer ignored explanations of its lawful ownership. Frustrated, our client exclaimed, “Get the paperwork right so you don’t steal my gun!” – a statement misconstrued…
Violent felonies only result in probation if your lawyer can find a good defense. In this case investigation led to defense witnesses that showed a strong self defense claim. When the government learned about it, they offered a resolution that gave our client everything they wanted, allowing him to avoid the stress and uncertainty of…
Our client was accused of very serious sex crimes. Even though the complaining witness was cooperating with the government, we used investigation to develop inconsistencies in her story and force the government to produce DNA results that were favorable to our defense. Charges: Armed Sexual Battery; Armed Kidnapping; Possession for Purposes of Trafficking Time Faced:…
Our client was accused of running into their roommate with their car during a fight. Mental health mitigation led to an offer of pre-trial diversion. Charges: Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon (Car) Time Faced: 15 years in prison Result: Pre-Trial Diversion
When the police blew a family fight out of proportion, the government tried to subject our client to a 15-year minimum prison sentence. None of the witnesses wanted to prosecute and signed witness statements contradicting the story the government wanted them to tell. The government began to threaten them with perjury and false testimony charges,…
Our client suffered from severe mental health issues that resulted in these charges. After we gathered and presented this mitigating evidence the government offered a reasonable plea agreement that allowed the client to get out of jail. Charges: Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition; Battery; Indecent Exposure Time Faced: 22 years in prison Result: Sex charge dismissed,…
Any case involving minor witnesses can be difficult. In this case we were able to prove that the allegations were a misunderstanding. The government agreed that the charge of lewd and lascivious conduct could not be proven, so they dismissed it and offered a favorable deal on the remaining charge. Charges: Lewd and Lascivious Conduct…
Our client was involved in a complicated long-term domestic dispute. An incident resulted in these serious charges. Intensive negotiation with the government led to a no-jail time plea and dismissal of all charges that could have resulted in a life sentence. Charges: Burglary with a Battery; False Imprisonment; Aggravated Stalking; Domestic Violence Injunction Violation; Stay…
When a client is already on probation and they get arrested again the battle is going to be uphill. While on probation our client was accused of threatening a family with a knife in a road rage incident. By securing the video of the incident we were able to catch the witnesses in a lie. …
The accusations were violent and our client had been to prison before, but when we found evidence of self-defense the government was forced to abandon its quest for a prison sentence and offered probation instead. Charges: Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Time Faced: 30 years in prison with a 10-year minimum mandatory sentence Result:…
Even when the evidence against our client is strong, there are still ways to minimize the damage. In this case our client did not have a good case, but they did have significant mitigating evidence. We used that evidence to convince the government to agree to a jail sentence instead of prison time, on a…
Our client and the complaining witness had a long history of injunctions and disputes. Our client also had over 15 prior convictions that included serious charges and prison sentences. After taking a 130-page witness statement and listing 3 defense witnesses we developed a strong enough defense to get a favorable offer from the government. Charges:…
Our client faced addiction issues and wanted a resolution for their case that would help him and his family long term. But with such serious charges we needed to find all the mitigation evidence to convince the government to agree to treatment. By securing records and input from family we successfully convinced the government to…
Our client faced addiction issues and wanted a resolution for their case that would help him and his family long term. But with such serious charges we needed to find all the mitigation evidence to convince the government to agree to treatment. By securing records and input from family we successfully convinced the government to…
After a heated argument with her estranged husband, our client was arrested and charged with serious crimes. Investigation and witness statements revealed that the most serious charges had no legal basis. After we succeeded in getting them dismissed the government agreed to offer pre-trial diversion on the remaining charges, which were less serious. Charges: Armed…
Our client was recorded by multiple officers selling cocaine on different occasions. Despite these facts, when we inspected the evidence, we discovered that there was mail and ID cards from many others in the house, and that it was possible the client had been misidentified, leading to a favorable plea offer. Charges: Trafficking Cocaine Time…
Our client was in felony court for the first time in his life. He had rammed into a police car while fleeing other officers in a stolen car. For many lawyers this would sound like automatic prison time, but not to us. We provided extensive mitigation including evidence that our client was enrolled in school…
Our client was on probation for previous drug trafficking cases. With no right to a jury trial the government had all the power. But we convinced them that the cases had disrupted our client’s life for almost 10 years, and that he had done the best he could on probation. They agreed to give him…
Our client was facing thirty years in prison with a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years as a habitual violent offender. We knew that the charges were false, so we took the complaining witness’s statement. When they completely recanted their initial report to the police under oath, the government had no choice but to dismiss…
Police witnessed our client on top of a truck breaking the windows with a hammer. No matter how bad the evidence is in a case, the government cannot win if they cannot get the witnesses into court. We knew from our investigation that these witnesses were not likely to come to court, so rather than…