People v. SA
Client was charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Surveillance Officers claim to have witnessed our Client exit her vehicle and approach another parked vehicle. After a brief conversation, our Client gave the driver of the other vehicle some money and received several objects in return. Then our Client 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, our Client passed some paper object to the passenger 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, the passenger 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. MK
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. EB
Police were responding to a call of shots fired with a description of 2 people running from the scene. Our Client was seen running from the scene with another individual. At trial, the Officer testified that he saw the other individual give the gun to our Client. Our Client then allegedly tried to hide under a car and push the gun away. We successfully argued that our Client had no choice other than to briefly possess the gun when the other individual threw it our Client and did what anyone would do and tried to immediately get rid of it. The Judge agreed stating that our Client had 2 choices: 1.) Get rid of the gun or 2.) Keep the gun, and risk getting shot by the police officers who were arriving. Our Client made the right choice, didn't get shot and was found not guilty!
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. TS
Our Client was charged with Aggravated Unlawful use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. He was facing from 3-7 years, mandatory prison time. The prosecution offered 3 years in prison. We rejected their offer and took the case to trial. At trial, Officers testified that they were serving a search warrant on a single family home. Our Client was listed as the target of the search warrant. However, our Client was not there. Officers did not know when the last time, if ever he was in the residence. In a bedroom, they found our Client's social security card, a training certificate with our Client's name on it, a piece of mail addressed to our Client (with the next door address on it though, not the address they were searching), multiple items of mail clothing and shoes, pictures, 2 guns and some ammunition. The prosecution argued at trial that because the items which can, without a doubt, be said to have belonged to our Client (social security card, training certificate, letter, pictures), then the guns and ammo also must belong to our Client. We argued that there was not enough evidence to show constructive possession of the guns and ammo by our client. Therefore, there was reasonable doubt and the State failed to meet their burden. We were victorious.
People v. JS - Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was seen leaving a known narcotics "hot spot" manipulating multiple items in his hands. The Police stopped our Client who then allegedly admitted to having narcotics in his pocket. The police recovered multiple bags of PCP from our Client. 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.
People v. AS - Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Arresting Officers allegedly observed our Client not wearing his seatbelt. They pulled him over for this violation. They claim that as they approached, our Client placed something under the steering wheel. When they searched that area, they say they found narcotics residue and our Client admitted that he had cocaine on him which they recovered from his waistband. We filed a Motion to Suppress the drugs because the were obtained in violation of our Client's 4th Amendment rights. The Judge agreed and the case was dismissed!
People v. BH
Our Client was charged with Felony Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Our Client had previous been convicted of a sexual assault case and sentenced to prison. Upon being release, he was advised that he was required to register a sex offender within 3 days. Our Client did not register for over a year. Once arrested, our Client made a statement that he knew he was supposed to register but he didn't and after some time passed he knew he would be arrested if he tried to register. Our Client was facing up to 10 years in prison for this offense. Based on the nature of the charges, we were not able to achieve a probation result for our Client. However, after a conference with the Judge, we were able to negotiate the minimum prison sentence allowed of 2 years. We got our Client credit for all of his time in custody. As a result, our Client should be home in time for the Holidays.
People v. DW
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Our Client was sitting in a vehicle that was parked in the alley when the Police approached for a field interview. During the interview, the Police claimed to have observed narcotics in plain view inside the vehicle. They ordered all the occupants out of the vehicle and recovered additional narcotics from the floor and from the seat where our Client was sitting. The Police also recovered a straw with narcotics residue on it from our Client's bag. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
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