People v. TS
Our Client was charged with Aggravated Unlawful use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. He was facing from 3-7 years, mandatory prison time. The prosecution offered 3 years in prison. We rejected their offer and took the case to trial. At trial, Officers testified that they were serving a search warrant on a single family home. Our Client was listed as the target of the search warrant. However, our Client was not there. Officers did not know when the last time, if ever he was in the residence. In a bedroom, they found our Client's social security card, a training certificate with our Client's name on it, a piece of mail addressed to our Client (with the next door address on it though, not the address they were searching), multiple items of mail clothing and shoes, pictures, 2 guns and some ammunition. The prosecution argued at trial that because the items which can, without a doubt, be said to have belonged to our Client (social security card, training certificate, letter, pictures), then the guns and ammo also must belong to our Client. We argued that there was not enough evidence to show constructive possession of the guns and ammo by our client. Therefore, there was reasonable doubt and the State failed to meet their burden. We were victorious.
People v. QB
Our Client was charged with Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. Officers claim to have witnessed our Client fail to use a turning signal when pulling over to park the car. When they ran our Client's name, they learned that her license was invalid, and that she was required to have a breath interlock device installed on her vehicle in order to be allowed to drive. The vehicle was not equipped with such a device, and our Client was arrested and charged with a felony. All felony charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. RB
Our Client was charged with a Violation of Conditional Discharge. It was alleged that our Client didn't complete any of the conditions of his release. The prosecutors were offering over 100 days in the County Jail as punishment. We held a conference with the judge, and successfully negotiated 90 days on House Arrest instead of our Client going to Jail.
People v. JP
Client was charged with multiple counts of Attempt Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Restraint. The alleged Victims claimed that our Client, along with 2 other Offenders, approached, displayed a handgun and announced "This is a robbery!" The Victims allegedly fled the scene while the Offenders discharged the firearm and chased after them. One of the Victims allegedly was caught, and beaten on the ground. The other Victim flagged down police officers. The Police toured the area and discovered our Client, and arrested him. We took our Client's case to trial. There was no identification of our Client. The Prosecution could not prove our Client was one of the Perpetrators of the crime because the alleged Assailants were wearing face masks and hoodies so no positive identification could be made. No gun was recovered. In fact, a GSR (gun shot residue) test was performed, and the results were negative for discharge of a firearm which is in direct contradiction to what the Victims claimed. Our Client did not have any proceeds from the alleged Robbery. There was no physical evidence connecting our Client to the crime and the verdict was NOT GUILTY!
People v. LG
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was facing up to 3 years in prison if convicted. The Police pulled over our Client's vehicle. After the stop, they claim they saw our Client making movements attempting to conceal something inside the seat of the car. The Police claimed that upon further inspection, they saw a metal crack pipe in plain view on our Client's lap along with 9 hypodermic needles and a bag of weed. They also claimed that when they ordered our Client out of the vehicle, they saw a large bag of narcotics sticking out of her front pant pocket which contained 6 additional bags of heroin. Although the case went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages, we were able to convince the Prosecution to dismiss all charges against our Client.
People v. CM
Our Client was charged with obstructing identification. The police pulled a car over that our Client was in. They began asking all of the occupants for their names. Our Client provided his name. However, when the police officer went to check the name in the computer, he couldn't find anything. As a result, the decided to arrest our Client and obtained his ID. It was at this point, that the Officer realized that he had misspelled our Client's name while running his search. Our Client was emphatic that he provided the correct spelling of his name. However, the Officer claimed that our Client lied and purposely misspelled his name to obstruct the identification. We took our Client's case to trial and won. Another Not Guilty for a Client of The Thiel Law Group, P.C.
People v. TL
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. RR
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Arresting Officers claim that they observed our Client engage in a hand to hand transaction with another male. The Officers approached our Client for a Field Interview. During the interview, the Officers alleged that our Client said "I just bought some rocks." The Police searched our Client and recovered recovered the alleged narcotics from our Client. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. KL
Client was charged with Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Restraint. The Client was facing 21-45 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client and another individual robbed a man at gun point at the train station and stole his I-Phone. The Police used the GPS feature on phone to track it to a cell phone store miles away. When the Police arrived the store owner said two individuals were just trying to sell the phone but were unable to unlock it. Although the assailants had already left, the store was able to provide the police officers with a video that allegedly depicted our Client attempting to sell the phone. We took the case to trial and were victorious with a Not Guilty Verdict.
People v. AR
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police were investigating a call of a man walking down the street yelling obscenities. They claim that our Client matched the description of the man and they tried to speak with him. It was at this point that the Police say that our Client attempted to swallow what they believed to be drugs. The Police claim that our Client voluntarily spit the drugs out (the same ones he was allegedly trying to hide by swallowing) but our client said they choked him to recover the narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
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