People v. JO
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. MV
Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon - 1000 Feet of a Park. The police were responding to gunshots and claim to have seen our client running and trying to discard a weapon behind a dumpster. They also claimed that our client confessed that the gun was his. The prosecution was offering 5 years in the penitentiary. We successfully conferenced the case with the Judge. We were able to avoid prison and got probation for our Client.
People v. TL
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. CJ
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Police officers alleged that our Client ran a red light. After stopping our Client's vehicle, our Client was unable to produce a valid driver's license. Our Client was asked out of the vehicle and officers alleged that they saw narcotics in plain view on the floor of the vehicle. A further search of our Client revealed additional narcotics. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing!
People v. GS
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
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. OO
Client was charged with a Class 3 Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver and a Violation of Probation that was received for a Class 1 Residential Burglary. Client was facing being re-sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for the Violation of Probation alone. Additionally, the Client was facing up to 10 years on an extended term for the Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver case. We successfully conferenced the cases and convinced the Judge and Prosecution to completely dismiss the Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver Case. We also successfully argued for the minimum time. Finally, we obtained credit for all the time in custody that our Client had plus an additional half a day credit for each day the Client was in special IBM (Inmate Behavioral Modification) programs for a total credit of 271 days. Our Client is going to be home very soon!
People v. CJ
Our Client was charged with Criminal Damage to Property, Failure to Register as a Gun Offender, Possession of Cannabis, and Criminal Trespass. The Police were investigating a call of a suspicious person. They tried to stop our Client who allegedly fled. After chasing our Client down, the Police claim that he damaged the property of one of his neighbors and was in possession of marijuana. After a couple of court dates, we forced the Prosecution to dismiss each and every charge.
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. JG
Our Client was charged with multiple counts of Felony Retail Theft. She was facing up to 5 years in prison if convicted. She was allegedly involved in multiple grab and run thefts 2 different locations. The Thefts were caught on video. Our Client was also identified by store employees, police and an uninterested bystander as the assailant. Our Client also allegedly lead police on a high speed chase which was also caught on video. The Police traced the license plate on the car from the chase to our Client. Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence against our Client, we were able to successfully negotiate an agreement for probation.
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