People v. AG
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Our Client was sitting in a car with friends when the Police approached. The Police claimed that they surprised our Client. In his surprise, he allegedly placed a bag of narcotics on the gear shift right in front of the Officers. They allegedly recovered the narcotics, and arrested our Client. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing!
People v. DH
Our Client was charged with Felony Retail Theft. It was alleged that our Client attempted to remove several hundred dollars worth of merchandise from Macy's. We were able to successfully negotiate the Deferred Prosecution Program for our Client. As long as he completes the program, all Felony charges will be dismissed.
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. JL
Our Client was charged with Felony Failure to Register as a Convicted Sex Offender. Despite having a duty to register, state records showed that our Client had failed to do so for several years. Because of our Client's extensive background, including a prior failure to register, he was facing a mandatory 6-30 years in prison as a mandatory Class X Offender. Although the prosecution would not offer anything better than prison time, we requested a conference with the judge. After advocating vigorously for our Client, we were able to convince the Judge to give our Client one more chance. He was released on probation.
People v. CF - Violation of Order of Protection
Our Client was charged with Violation of an Order of Protection. Our Client had been served with an Order of Protection in open court. The prosecution alleged that he violated the order of protection by sending a multitude of text messages to the victim on several messaging platforms to the victim. The victim was able to provide proof of the messages by turning over her phone to the prosecution. In the end, the case was completely 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. RN
Our Client was charged with Felony Armed Violence and Possession of Methamphetamine. He was facing a mandatory prison sentence of 18-37 years if convicted. State Troopers pulled our Client over for talking on his cell phone while driving on the expressway. The Trooper claimed that there was a strong odor of cannabis coming from our Client's vehicle. There were 3 additional passengers in the vehicle. After pulling our Client out of the vehicle, our Client told the trooper that he had an AK pistol in the car. It was determined that our Client was properly permitted to be in possession of such a weapon. However, when the trooper went to search the vehicle, the weapon was found inside of a red bag (just as our Client said it would be), but there was also a large amount of Meth inside the bag as well. The entire incident was recorded on the dash cam of the State Police vehicle. The issue in the case was whether or not there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that our Client knew about the meth because the other 3 passengers were left alone in the vehicle for several minutes while the trooper dealt with our Client in the squad car. The prosecution offered to dismiss the Possession charge in exchange for a sentence recommendation of 15 years in prison. We rejected that offer and went to trial. Even though the trooper testified that he kept an eye on the other passengers while dealing with our Client, we were able to show from the video that he couldn't have. The trooper's vision was blocked by our Client's body at certain points as well as by the limo tinted windows of the vehicle. Our Client was found Not Guilty of ALL charges.
People v. MB
Our Client was charged with Felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. He had 5 prior Felony Convictions. The Police served a search warrant on our Client's house. Our Client was the target of the Search Warrant. When the Police searched the house, they recovered a firearm under a bed. The police claimed that they knew the bedroom where the gun was recovered from belonged to our Client because they found some mail bearing our Client's name and a Social Security Card belonging to our Client in the same bedroom. Therefore, according to the Police, the gun must've belonged to our Client. Although, there were multiple other individuals present, our Client was not present at the time the Police were searching the house and was only arrested weeks later. The Prosecutors offered the maximum sentence of 7 years in prison to settle the case. Naturally, we rejected that offer and took our Client's case to trial. The verdict was Not Guilty.
People v. MM
Our Client was charged with DUI. The police alleged that they pulled our Client over for not wearing a seatbelt. After speaking with our Client for less than 10 seconds, the Officer ordered him out of the car for suspicion of DUI. The Officer then spent less than 4 minutes explaining, demonstrating and administering the standardized field sobriety tests - all of which were captured on video. Despite performing the tests well on one of the coldest days of the year in the middle of traffic, our Client was placed under arrest and charged with DUI. We took our Client's case to trial and the verdict was NOT GUILTY!
People v. RC
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claim that our Client was standing in the middle of the street and engaging in conversation with someone inside a vehicle that was blocking the street. The Police approached for a field interview during which our Client allegedly volunteered that he had narcotics in his pocket that he had just purchased. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
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