| Charge |
Disposition |
| City Ordinance Compliance Violation |
Acquitted by Directed Verdict of Not Guilty after trial |
| 2nd Offense DWI; tells conflicting stories to officer when questioned about drinking; refuses tests |
Dismissed on first day of trial; ALR also dismissed |
| 1st Offense DWI; Failed all field sobriety tests; failed breath test |
Dismissed; due primarily to our exclusion of the bad breath test based on our discovery that the machine was not adequately maintained |
| Assault(Class A Misdemeanor); Defendant was a parolee accussed of Assaukting his girlfriend's friend (male ex-con allegedly striking young woman) |
Dismissed based on our further investigation, in which we secured a conflicting statement from the complaining female witness; Significantly, we were also able to prevent the revocation of our client's parole. |
| Felony Assault of police officer; alleged assault on officer occurred when client (a father) arrived at scene where his daughter had been assaulted by another and client was trying to get past law enforcement to her |
Dismissed (upon persuading prosecutor that client's conduct was unintentional) |
| Felony Attempted Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon; defendants in possession of shotgun on their way to the home of man they had threatened moments earlier (arrested before they arrived at home) |
Dismissed before indictment based upon our filing of a very detailed legal brief setting out the reasons why the State could not prevail as a matter of law on the alleged facts |
| Possession of Marijuana (Class B Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed (upon persuading prosecutor that client had no knowledge that marijuana was in the car, and that co-defendant in car was responsible) |
| Possession of Marijuana (Class B Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed (upon raising a not "usable quantity" defense) |
| Assault Family Violence (Class A Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed (upon invalidation of arrest) |
| Assault Domestic Violence (Class C Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed (upon persuading prosecutor that physical contact was accidental) |
| Criminal Trespass |
Dismissed |
| Theft (Class B Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed (upon further investigation, was able to persuade DA that a co-defendant responsible) |
| Felony Theft of large lcd television, washer & dryer from Aaron's |
Dismissed: negotiated with Aaron's to drop charges if Defendant aggred to pay $1500 for merchandise that Aaron's initially claimed to be valued at $4,055; DA concurred with dropping charges after Aaron's had been paid less than half of the amount they wanted |
| 4th Offense Felony DWI; Failed Field Sobriety Tests and Portable Breath Tests |
Reduced to 2nd Offense DWI, 1 year fully probated with little community service, etc. (despite 3 prior DWI convictions) after lengthy negotiations with D.A. in which we emphasized police officer mistakes on administration of field sobriety tests and inadmissibility of portable breath test |
| Felony theft of expensive motorcycle; Three people charged; Motorcylce found hidden at home of our client; Our client had confessed prior to retaining us |
Reduced to Misdemeanor and given Deferred Adjudication with short probation (no jail time, no conviction); Other defendants plead to Felony Probation for more than double the probation time. |
| Felony Possession of Marijuana; more than 4 ounces; scales; handgun |
Reduced to Misdemeanor; Deferred Adjudication (no jail time, no conviction); avoided threatened distibution charge and deadly weapon finding |
| Felony Possession of Marijuana; more than 4 ounces; divided into numerous small baggies |
Reduced to Misdemeanor, avoided distribution charge |
| Felony Assault of Police Officer; Independant Witness Corroborated Police Officer's version of the events |
Reduced to Misdemeanor; Deferred Adjuducation given (no jailt time, no conviction) |
| Possession of Marijuana (Class B Misdemeanor) |
REduced to Class C Misdemeanor Paraphernalia |
| Assault-Family Violence (Class A Misdemeanor) |
Reduced to Class C Assault with NO affirmative finding of family violence |
| Possession of Marijauna (Class B Misdemeanor) |
Dismissed after 90 days of staying out of further trouble. |
| Felony Attempted Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon; Defendants in possession of shotgun on the way to the home of the man they had threatened earlier. Arrested before arriving. |
Dismissed before indictment based upon our filing a very detailed legal brief setting out the reasons why the State could not prevail as a matter of law on alleged facts |
| Felonly possession of Marijuana, more than 4 oz. and a handgun |
Reduced to misdemeanor; Deferred Adjudication, probation, no jail time |
| Felonly possession of Marijuana, more than 4 oz.; packaged into mini bags |
Reduced to misdemeanor; avoided distribuition charges |
| 2nd DWI Offense, conflicting stories to officer when questions about drinking; refuses test |
Dismissed first day of trial, ALR also dismissed |
| 1st DWI Offense; failed all field test; failed breath test |
Dismissed, due primarily to our exclusion of the bad breath test based on our discovery that the machine was not maintained properly. |
| 4th DWI Offense;failed all field test; failed portable breath test |
Reduced to 2nd DWI Offense; 1 year fully probated (despite 3 prior DWI Convictions) |
| Felony Assault on a police officer |
Dismissed |
