People v. DE
Client was charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon - Convicted Felon. Although the case went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages we were successful in the end. We filed a Motion to Quash Arrest and Suppress Evidence. The Officer testified that he saw our Client drinking on the public way. This allegation is why the Officer initially approached an arrested our Client. Allegedly our Client then admitted to having a gun in his pocket. The problem is that our Client was on "private property." As a result, even if he was drinking, he wasn't breaking any laws. Therefore, there was no reason for the Officer to even approach him, much less arrest and search him. Our motion was granted and the case was dismissed.
People v. DM
Client was charged with a Class 1 - Manufacturing and Delivery of a Controlled Substance as well as a Violation of Probation. We negotiated a deal with the State to reduce his charge to a Class 2, Terminate his prior probation and avoid prison by going to Boot Camp.
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. 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. CJ
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Police officers alleged that our Client ran a red light. After stopping our Client's vehicle, our Client was unable to produce a valid driver's license. Our Client was asked out of the vehicle and officers alleged that they saw narcotics in plain view on the floor of the vehicle. A further search of our Client revealed additional narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing!
People v. AS
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Although the case went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages, we were able to negotiate expungeable probation for our Client
People v. BA
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. JN
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Police were on surveillance in a know narcotics area. They saw our Client sitting alone on the passenger side of a vehicle. After a short while, the driver returned to the vehicle. The police decided to conduct a field interview and our Client allegedly immediately gave them narcotics while stating she was just holding it for the driver. A further search of the driver revealed additional narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
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. OP
Our Client was charged with DUI. He was allegedly seen speeding in the Northbound Lanes of Interstate 90. The Police claimed that he also failed to signal when changing lanes multiple times and also straddled 2 lanes. The Police stated that when they tried to pull our Client over, he failed to pull over and exited the expressway. Once our Client pulled over, the Police say he "immediately lit a cigarette and began smoking" in an alleged attempt to hide the odor of alcohol. The officer reported observations of bloodshot glassy eyes and slurred speech as well as an odor of alcohol once our Client was placed inside the officer's vehicle. After admitting to drinking our Client agreed to perform Field Sobriety Tests and allegedly failed. Finally, our Client blew more than double the legal limit on the breath test. We were able to avoid a conviction for our Client with an agreement with the Prosecutor for Supervision.
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