Successes

People v. SA

Client was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Surveillance Officers claim to have witnessed the driver of a vehicle that our Client was a passenger of exit the vehicle and approach another parked vehicle. After a brief conversation, the driver of our Client's vehicle gave the driver of the other vehicle some money and received several objects in return. Then the driver returned to the vehicle where our Client was still waiting and drove away. Believing a narcotics transaction had occurred, the Surveillance Officers radioed the Enforcement Officers who then pulled our Client's vehicle over. The Enforcement Officers claim that as they approached, the driver passed some paper object to our Client in the passenger seat in the car who then placed the object in her bra. All right in front of the Officer. When the Officer asked what was in her bra, our Client said "it's just some blows," and then gave the Officers 12 tinfoil packets of heroin. The charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.

People v. MM

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

People v. ST

Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police alleged that they saw our Client walking down the street. When our Client noticed the officers, he allegedly pulled something from his pocket and threw it on the ground. The Police conducted a "Street Stop," and detained our Client. They allegedly recovered narcotics on the ground in the area they claim our Client threw something. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.

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. VK

Client was arrested with 2 other friends on New Year's Eve. The police claim to have followed the sound of gunshots to a backyard. Upon arrival, the police allegedly observed our Client and his Co-Arrestees discharging numerous firearms (including an SKS Assault Rifle). According to the Police, when our Client and the Co-Arrestees noticed the Police, they fled into the house, discarding their weapons as they ran. All three were arrested and charged with numerous weapons violations. We were able to negotiate a deal for Probation for our Client and avoid prison time.

People v. AH

Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance and Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. The Police Officers alleged that our Client engaged in a hand to hand transaction with another person. Our Client allegedly gave this other person a plastic baggie and then drove off. Allegedly, our Client refused to stop when police tried to pull him over and the Arresting Officers were eventually able to detain our Client several blocks later. The police claim to have recovered a bag of heroin sitting in plain view on the driver's side floor. After running our Client's name, the police learned that our Client's driving privileges were revoked for a prior DUI. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.

People v. CJ

Client was charged with Felony Manufacturing and Delivery of a Controlled Substance. The Police alleged that they received information from a source that a person matching our Client's description was about to arrive in the area in a vehicle that matched our Client's vehicle and conduct a drug transaction. The police officers then claimed that when our Client arrived in his vehicle a passenger got into the vehicle. It was at this point that the Police broke their surveillance position and allegedly parked right next to our Client. They claim that after they parked right next to our Client, a hand to hand transaction took place. They never saw our Client give anything to the passenger. They never found any narcotics on our Client. The passenger allegedly threw some narcotics on the ground as the police got out of their vehicle. The prosecutors were offering several years in prison as a deal. We rejected that deal and beat the case at trial!

People v. RL

Client was charged with Felony Manufacturing and Delivery of Cannabis. The Police raided our Client's house. They had a search warrant - but our Client was not the target of the warrant. A systematic search of the house was conduct and cannabis was discovered in multiple locations. Several thousand dollars was also recovered and seized. We were able to successfully convince the Prosecution to offer Expungeable Probation and avoid a Felony Conviction for our Client!

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. EB