Successes

People v. JW

Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance and various traffic citations. The Police claimed that they saw our Client approach an unknown individual. After engaging that individual in a brief conversation, the Police say our Client gave that person an unknown amount of money in exchange for an unknown item. Our Client then drove away. This appeared to be a hand to hand narcotics transaction to the Police so they stopped our Client. After stopping his car, the Police claimed that our client voluntarily opened his door to reveal a bag of narcotics in plain view to the Officers. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.

People v. LM

Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police were executing a search warrant at our Client's residence. However, he was not the target of the search warrant. The Police searched our Client and allegedly found 3 plastic bags containing a rock like substance that they suspected to be crack cocaine. The Police then continued searching the whole house. The Police then claimed that while they were searching a bedroom which they say belonged to our client, they supposedly found a pill bittle which contained an additional 4 bags of suspected crack cocaine. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.

People v. EH

Our Client was charged with Felony Manufacturing and Delivery of Cannabis. It was alleged that our Client threatened a tow truck driver with a gun for towing his mother's vehicle. When the police arrived, they detained our Client because he matched the given description. The Police claimed that our Client made a statement that he didn't have a gun, and that all he has "is some weed in the truck." Based on that statement, the Police searched our Client's vehicle. During the search, the Police discovered multiple bags of cannabis. Our Client was facing 2 - 5 years in prison. We successfully negotiated 18 months of probation for our Client.

People v. JG

Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.

People v. KL

Client was charged with Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Restraint. The Client was facing 21-45 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client and another individual robbed a man at gun point at the train station and stole his I-Phone. The Police used the GPS feature on phone to track it to a cell phone store miles away. When the Police arrived the store owner said two individuals were just trying to sell the phone but were unable to unlock it. Although the assailants had already left, the store was able to provide the police officers with a video that allegedly depicted our Client attempting to sell the phone. We took the case to trial and were victorious with a Not Guilty Verdict.

People v. CM

Our Client was charged with obstructing identification. The police pulled a car over that our Client was in. They began asking all of the occupants for their names. Our Client provided his name. However, when the police officer went to check the name in the computer, he couldn't find anything. As a result, the decided to arrest our Client and obtained his ID. It was at this point, that the Officer realized that he had misspelled our Client's name while running his search. Our Client was emphatic that he provided the correct spelling of his name. However, the Officer claimed that our Client lied and purposely misspelled his name to obstruct the identification. We took our Client's case to trial and won. Another Not Guilty for a Client of The Thiel Law Group, P.C.

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.

People v. LC

Our Client was charged with 2 connected Felony cases. One case of Felony Forgery for allegedly possessing counterfeit money and one case of Felony Theft for using counterfeit money to buy a car. Our Client was facing up to 5 years in prison for these cases. Although the cases went beyond the Preliminary Hearing Stages, we were able to negotiate a successful outcome. The prosecution agreed to a sentence of "Second Chance Probation," if our Client agreed to pay the Victim of the Theft case "real" money to replace the counterfeit money. If our Client pays the restitution and successfully completes the probation, these cases will be dismissed, will not result in felony convictions and will be immediately eligible for expungement after dismissal.

People v. GJ