People v. KS
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Firearm with a Defaced Serial Number. He was facing up to 5 years in prison. Officers alleged that our Client got out of the passenger side of a car that had tinted windows was missing a front license plate. The Police approached for a field interview and performed a protective patdown of our Client for Officer safety. During the patdown, the Officer claimed he immediately felt a gun and knew it to be a gun based on his prior police experience. They also claimed that our Client admitted to finding the gun in a bush. During Preliminary Hearing, we argued that the State did not prove that our Client knew the serial numbers were scratched off and, therefore, the charges should be dismissed. The Judge agreed. All the 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. FP
Client was charged with Possession of 2000 - 5000 Grams of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver. The Police intercepted an overnight delivery package addressed to our Client at UPS. The package contained 10 lbs of Cannabis. The Police formed a plan to engage in an undercover operation to deliver the package. Officers planted an electronic monitoring device inside the package. Then an Undercover Officer posing as a UPS worker attempted to deliver the package to our Client. When no one answered the door the package was left on the porch. Eventually, our Client came out and retrieved the package. The device inside the package alerted the Officers that the package was opened and they forced entry into our Client's house. Allegedly, the Cannabis had been removed and our Client was in the middle of a drug deal with another individual. The Police claimed that our Client confessed to trying to deliver the Cannabis. The main problem with the prosecution's case was that even though the Police went through all the trouble of intercepting the package, having a narcotics dog check it for drugs, obtaining one warrant to open it, fixing it with an electronic monitoring device, obtaining another search warrant for our Client's house, creating an undercover operation and executing that operation - all within the span of a couple of hours - the Police never video recorded the sting operation! The Police never recorded our Client's alleged confession. They didn't even bother to write it out in crayon and have our Client sign it. We took our case to Jury Trial, and when asked why there wasn't any video surveillance footage, the officer claimed that his unit was not provided with the necessary equipment to record the operation. When pressed about why, in this day and age of cell phones, was this incident not recorded in some way? The Officer claimed he didn't know how to use his cell phone and didn't know if any of the other officers knew how to use their phones. The Jury clearly saw through this gaping hole in the case and the verdict was NOT GUILTY!!!
People v. ES
Our Client was charged with Felony Burglary to a Vehicle. It was alleged that our Client, along with 2 accomplices, broke into a vehicle and stole $1500 worth of work tools. Someone tried to stop our Client while fleeing the scene, and our Client attacked that person. The entire incident was caught on video. We were able to convince the prosecution to offer our Client a special type of probation that, if completed successfully, allows our Client to eventually removed the charge from his record.
People v. AG
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. LR
Client was charged with a Violation of Probation for testing positive for drugs during a mandatory drug test. We convinced the Judge to reinstate the probation and deny the violation.
People v. TS - Felony Theft
Our Client was charged with a Class 3 - Felony Theft. He was facing up to 5 years in prison for stealing almost $4,000. We were able to avoid a prosecution and felony conviction and obtained deferred prosecution for our Client.
People v. JA - Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police pulled over a vehicle that our Client was driving. Our Client's driver's license was expired and he was arrested for that. A search of our Client pursuant to his arrest revealed a hand-rolled tinfoil paper package of heroin. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. SB
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police said that they saw 2 vehicles obstructing traffic. The driver of one of the vehicles was standing at the window of the second. Our Client was a passenger in the second vehicle. Allegedly, the Police saw a transaction between the drivers of the 2 vehicles. The Police pulled our Client's vehicle over. As they approached, they claimed that they saw the driver of our Client's vehicle pass our Client and our Client allegedly made movements toward the waist. Upon inquiry, our Client supposedly made a confession to possessing narcotics and was arrested. All charges were dismissed at the preliminary hearing.
People v. DW
Our Client was charged with Class X - Manufacturing and Delivery of a Controlled Substance within 1000 Feet of a School. It was alleged that on at least 3 separate occasions, our Client sold drugs to an Undercover Police Officer. The Officer used marked money to purchase the narcotics, and all of the transactions occurred within 1000 feet of an elementary school. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
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