People v. OO
Client was charged with a Class 3 Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver and a Violation of Probation that was received for a Class 1 Residential Burglary. Client was facing being re-sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for the Violation of Probation alone. Additionally, the Client was facing up to 10 years on an extended term for the Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver case. We successfully conferenced the cases and convinced the Judge and Prosecution to completely dismiss the Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver Case. We also successfully argued for the minimum time. Finally, we obtained credit for all the time in custody that our Client had plus an additional half a day credit for each day the Client was in special IBM (Inmate Behavioral Modification) programs for a total credit of 271 days. Our Client is going to be home very soon!
People v. TC - Felony Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer
Our Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer. The police were responding to a battery in progress of a private citizen. When they arrived on the scene, there was a large crowd surrounding the victim. The police formed a line between the crowd and the victim. Our Client punched a Police officer. The entire incident was caught on a squad cam video. We were able to successfully negotiate 2nd chance probation for our Client and avoid a felony conviction!
People v. LE
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claim that they pulled his vehicle over for no headlights. Our Client allegedly was not able to produce a driver's license and was asked out of the vehicle. It was at this time that the Officers claim our Client grabbed a narcotics bag (which was in plain view on the center console) and "attempted to conceal it in his right hand." The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. AG
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance and Felony Possession of Cannabis. The Police claimed that they pulled our Client over for making an improper U-Turn. They alleged that they smelled a strong odor of burnt cannabis. They also alleged that they were able to see a bag of cocaine in plain view inside the center console. They arrested our Client and charged him with the cocaine. At the station, they convinced our Client to sign a Consent to Search form allowing them to search a storage unit. Inside the storage unit, they claim to have found nearly $1,500 worth of weed. All felony charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. JS
Our Client was leaving the parking lot of a bank. The snow drifts were so high on the sidewalk that she wasn't able to see the cross traffic. Our Client's vehicle was t-boned and totaled and she was injured. However, the Police issued our Client a ticket for the accident, not the person who ran into her. We set her case for trial and all the charges were dismissed.
People v. DC
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The police were called multiple times and made several trips to the scene because our Client was allegedly causing a disturbance. The final time the police arrived at the scene, they arrested our Client. A search of our Client revealed narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. JJ
Our Client was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Surveillance Officers claim to have witnessed our Client engage in a hand to hand transaction with another individual where our Client allegedly exchanged and unknown amount of money in exchange for unknown items. The Surveillance Officers informed Enforcement Officers via radio of their alleged observations. The Enforcement Officers pulled our Client's vehicle over and detained our Client. It was at this time that our Client allegedly admitted that he "just bought some blows." The Police then searched our Client and his vehicle and recovered a pill bottle which contained tinfoil packets of a white powder substance (suspect heroin). The Crime lab's testing mysteriously showed a positive amount of almost double the initial estimated weight. The case was DISMISSED at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. MK
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. DG
Our Client was charged with Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. Our Client was pulled over for a minor traffic violation. During the Police investigation, they learned that our Client's license was suspended. All Charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. EB
Police were responding to a call of shots fired with a description of 2 people running from the scene. Our Client was seen running from the scene with another individual. At trial, the Officer testified that he saw the other individual give the gun to our Client. Our Client then allegedly tried to hide under a car and push the gun away. We successfully argued that our Client had no choice other than to briefly possess the gun when the other individual threw it our Client and did what anyone would do and tried to immediately get rid of it. The Judge agreed stating that our Client had 2 choices: 1.) Get rid of the gun or 2.) Keep the gun, and risk getting shot by the police officers who were arriving. Our Client made the right choice, didn't get shot and was found not guilty!
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