People v. MG
Our Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault. If convicted, our Client was facing up to 40 years in prison. The Victim alleged that the perpetrator approached from behind while she was entering her building on her way home from work. The assailant allegedly robbed the Victim at gunpoint taking her purse. After taking her purse, the Victim alleged that perpetrator unzipped his pants and forced his penis into her mouth. After forcing the Victim to perform oral sex, it was alleged that the offender demanded that the Victim remove her panties. While distracting the perpetrator, the Victim screamed for help from her neighbors, and the perpetrator fled the scene. Although the Victim identified our Client as the offender in this case, her story fell apart under cross examination and close scrutiny. The Victim never told the initial responding police officers about the alleged sexual assault. When pressed on this issue, the Victim claimed that she did tell the officers about the sexual assault, but they ignored her and refused to document it. The Victim never sought medical attention for the alleged sexual assault. The Victim's story was contradicted at critical points by her neighbor. After a vigorous trial, there could only be one verdict: NOT GUILTY!
People v. KJ - Felony Forgery & Identity Theft
Our Client was charged with 4 Violations of Felony Probation, Forgery and Identity Theft. He was facing a significant prison sentence of 3-7 + 2-10 years for a total of 5-17 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client used his employer's personal information to obtain credit to purchase a vehicle. The dealership provided the police with the fraudulent documents after contacting the victim who confirmed that our Client did not have permission to use the information to purchase a vehicle. We had a conference with the Judge and convinced him to offer a minimum sentence of 3 years giving our Client credit for more than half of the time.
People v. DD
Client was charged with multiple counts of Felony Armed Robbery - Personal Discharge of a Firearm, Armed Robbery - Firearm, Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm and Aggravated Battery. Our Client was facing 26 - 50 years in prison if convicted. It was alleged that our Client had a dispute with another individual over money. During the dispute, our Client allegedly beat a Victim with a pipe and robbed him at gun point of $600. Then our Client allegedly robbed an innocent bystander of $200 after pistol whipping him. There were gruesome photographs of a bloody scene, a bloody pipe and bloody injured victims. However, there were no photographs of guns, bullets, bullet holes or gunshot wounds. The prosecutors offered a deal for double digits (approximately 15 years). We rejected this insulting offer and went to trial. At trial, the Victim of the alleged pipe beating admitted to drinking and smoking pot the day in question and the night before. He admitted that he never saw who allegedly took his money or where the pipe came from. His story regarding his actions immediately after the beating was different from other witnesses. Another witness admitted that she ran into a bedroom and hid in a closet so she didn't see anything. Although she initially told the prosecutors that our Client had a gun, her testimony crumbled after cross examination and she admitted that she never even saw a gun. Furthermore, she said that it was the other alleged innocent bystander victim who initially had the pipe - not our Client. The police failed to perform a gun shot residue test on our client or the room where the shooting allegedly took place. The forensic scientist admitted that she completely ignored some of the evidence submitted by the police - she didn't even open the evidence envelope. In the end, there could only be one verdict...NOT GUILTY!
People v. WM
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claimed to have information that the vehicle our Client was driving had been involved in narcotics sales. Our Client allegedly failed to make a complete stop at a stop sign prior to parking the vehicle. As the Police approached, they stated that our Client was making "furtive" movements towards his waistband area. Our Client was ordered out of the vehicle and a protective pat down was performed. The officers recovered multiple baggies of narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. GG
Our Client was charged with Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. His license was suspended for failure to pay child support. According to our Client, he never received any notice that his license was suspended and did not know that it was suspended. The prosecution was initially offering jail time. After retaining our services, our firm zealously advocated on behalf of our Client over several court dates. We eventually set the case for trial. Because the prosecution realized how serious we were, they changed their tune the day of trial. We were able to negotiate a deal that avoided any additional jail time for our Client.
People v. OR
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claimed that they pulled our Client's vehicle over because he supposedly wasn't wearing a seat belt. As the approached, the Police claim that a passenger in our Client's car was trying to hid a plastic bag which contained several smaller plastic bags inside his pockets. Naturally, our Client allegedly voluntarily told the police that he was in possession of methadone without a prescription. Officers then claim to have recovered a plastic bag from out Client containing a powder substance they believed to be heroin. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. NB - Felony Theft
Our Client was the target of a long term investigation of thefts from Target. Our Client was alleged to have participated in a scheme to purchase hard drives and remove the drives from their casings, replacing them with crayons or garbage and then returning the hard drives for their full retail value. Many of the incidents were caught on video. The amount of loss suffered by Target was over $5,000. We were able to successfully negotiate expungeable probation for our Client and avoid a felony conviction.
People v. LR
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Our Client was already on probation for a Felony DUI that was reduced to a misdemeanor when she picked up this case. Police were called to a hotel room by our Client's boyfriend. The boyfriend told the police that our Client had narcotics and was trying to leave to area. Police searched our Client and found several grams of cocaine and PCP. Although the case went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages, we were successfully able to negotiate yet another break for our Client. She received Expungeable Probation and we were able to avoid yet another Felony conviction on her record.
People v. RE
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Our Client was a passenger in a vehicle that was being investigated for narcotics sales. As officers approached, they claimed to observe our client making "furtive" movements towards his rear waistband. Our Client was ordered out of the vehicle and a protective pat down was performed. Officers alleged that they recovered multiple baggies of narcotics pursuant to the pat down. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. FB
Our Client was charged with Felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. The Police raided our Client's deceased mother's house. They had a search warrant. They found holsters and ammunition in the front bedroom of the 1st floor. They asked our Client if there were any weapons in the house. Our Client explained that he had recently moved into the house after his mother died. Our Client told the Police that he resided on the second floor, but he knew his mother kept a gun for protection in a secret compartment in a footstool in the living room. The police searched the footstool and recovered a revolver. The Police claimed that our Client said "he kept the gun there for protection" so they charged him with its possession. The case went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages. However, we never stopped fighting for our Client. We took his case to trial and obtained a NOT GUILTY verdict! Our Client will be able to rest easy with this case behind him while he celebrates the upcoming holidays.
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