People v. MS
Our Client was charged with Felony Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon and Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police served a search warrant at an address they claimed was the residence of our Client. Our Client was not present while the police executed the search warrant and was arrested hours later, miles away. There were, however, other adults present at the location while the search warrant was served. Even though the search warrant limited the search of the Officers to the 1st floor of the 2 flat apartment building, the Officers took it upon themselves to search the basement. While searching the basement, the Officers claim to have recovered, from a bedroom, narcotics and ammunition as well as a letter addressed to our Client with the address of the search warrant on it. We took our Client's case to trial. At trial, several of the officers testified inconsistently. One officer testified that the residence that was searched was a single family home with a mid apartment exit door which led to the basement. Another testified that there was no door leading to the basement. An evidence technician who photographed all the evidence testified that the letter was recovered from the basement bedroom (where he photographed it). However, the evidence technician must've forgotten that he had testified under oath at another hearing that the letter was recovered from an upstairs dining room. When asked about his inconsistency, he said "I was mistaken." The prosecution presented photographs of the 1st floor to the court. However, none of those photographs showed any of the bedrooms upstairs. In fact, one of the officers claimed that there wasn't a bedroom upstairs, when it was clear from the photographs that the person taking the photograph was standing in the door frame of the bedroom. The verdict was Not Guilty and our Client was Acquitted!
People v. DE
Our Client was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police Officers alleged that they were able to see that our Client wasn't wearing a seat belt at 11:30 pm. They pulled him over for this and then arrested him for not being able to produce a driver's license. However, our Client was driving on a ticket and had produced that ticket when asked for his license. The Police allegedly recovered a bag of narcotics during a subsequent search. All charges, including the tickets, were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. JG
Our Client was charged with Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. Officers claimed that they witnessed our Client driving a vehicle at night without the headlights on. As a result, they pulled our Client over. Our Client was not able to produce a driver's license or insurance. The Officers ran our Client's name through the computer system and learned that our Client's license had been revoked for a prior DUI and that he had 3 prior convictions for driving on a suspended license. 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. DS
Our Client was charged with Felony Armed Robbery with a Firearm. He was facing a minimum of 21 years in prison all the way up to 45 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client, and an accomplice, arranged to sell a laptop at a substantially reduced rate on craigslist. The victim claimed that when he arrived to make the deal, he inspected the laptop, and discovered it to be a block of wood cleverly disguised to look like a laptop. The victim allegedly tried to back out of the deal, and it was at that point that our Client's accomplice allegedly pulled a gun, and took the money anyways. The prosecution was offering 15 years in prison. We took our Client's case to trial, and the verdict was Not Guilty of Armed Robbery with a Firearm!
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People v. WM
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed during the Preliminary Hearing Stages. The Judge found that there was no reason for the Police Officer to pull our client out of his vehicle and search him when he was only pulled over for not using his turning signal.
People v. FG
Client was sitting in his vehicle. The police claimed the Client threw a bag of drugs on the floor of the Client's car right in front of the police officer. The police arrested our client for Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance and wrote a parking ticket and confiscated our Client's license. All the charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing, including the traffic charges. Our client was released and his license was returned without so much as a fine.
People v. DG
Our Client was charged with Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. Our Client was pulled over for a minor traffic violation. During the Police investigation, they learned that our Client's license was suspended. All Charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. BR
Our Client was charged with a Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. He was facing 2 - 5 years in prison because he had previously been convicted of Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License on 9 prior occasions. The Police claim that they witnessed our Client driving a vehicle and fail to properly use his turning signal. After pulling him over, the police learned that Our Client's license was suspended for a prior DUI and that he had 9 previous convictions for driving on a suspended license. We were able to negotiate the minimum time of 2 years for our Client. Although this outcome may not seem like a success, it demonstrates that a person's background can have a strong negative effect on the outcome of the case. We really had no grounds to argue for probation for our Client when he had 9 prior convictions for the same thing, plus Felony Burglary and Felony Theft convictions. The minimum prison time really was the best deal our Client could get. The good news is that we successfully argued to have more than half of the time credited because of time our Client spent on Electronic Monitoring. Our Client will get out before the end of the year!
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