Murrieta, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Murrieta, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: DUI Charges Reduced to Simple Exhibition of Speed.
Riverside Court - My client was charged with DUI facing 6 months jail, 6 months Driver license suspension, DUI classes, and 2 points on his license. The district attorney reduced the charges to a simpl ... e exhibition of speed with no license suspension, no DUI class, and 1 point. Also avoided stress and expense of trial.
OUTCOME: Juvenile Client Not Tried As Adult in Rape & Molestation Case; Sentenced To Community Service.
Riverside Juvenile Court - My client was charged in Riverside Juvenile Court with forcible rape and child molestation charges. The district attorney (DA) filed petition and probation recommended that ... the client be tried as and adult. I was able to demonstrate to the DA inconsistencies in the alleged victim's story and convinced DA to drop their petition to try the client as an adult. Client was facing over 10 years in prison if tried as an adult, and up to 8 years in DJJ (Juvenile Prison). Ultimately client was sentenced to community service and did not spend one day in jail.
OUTCOME: Client Avoided a Criminal Conviction and Mandatory Registration as a Sex Offender for Life.
Client is a landlord who owned a triplex where there were two vacant apartments. The one occupied apartment was occupied by a single mother and her 11 year-old daughter (alleged victim). The client ... and his wife were actively working on the two vacant apartments to renovate them, so they could re-rent them to new tenants. The alleged victim came home from school one day when her Mother was not home. According to the alleged victim, the client stopped her at her door when she was trying to get her keys and insisted that she come with him into one of the vacant apartments he was working on. The alleged victim finally went in with the client because she was scared that he could make her and her mom homeless. The client then allegedly led her into a bedroom where there was a bed. Client then allegedly picked her up, laid her on the bed, straddled her, and tickled her thighs at the skirt line, her neck, and her belly. The alleged victim asked the client to stop, and he then lifted her off the bed and kissed her on the cheek and neck multiple times and apologized for making her uncomfortable. The defense was able to demonstrate many inconsistencies in the alleged victim’s trial testimony compared to her previous statements. The defense was also able to elicit testimony form the alleged victim’s mother that also contradicted the alleged victim’s trial testimony. The defense was able to establish through character witnesses that the client had three daughters, he had coached girls’ softball for over 10 years, he had an outstanding reputation in the community, and that based on the community’s observations of him, he was not a person who has a deviant sexual interest in young girls. The character witnesses included former softball players he coached when they were about the alleged victim’s age, as well as mothers of the girls he coached in the past. The defense also presented expert testimony form Dr. Veronica Thomas, who conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the client and concluded that he did not have an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in young girls. The jury deliberated for a little over two hours before coming back with a verdict of Not Guilty. The client avoided a criminal conviction and mandatory registration as a sex offender for life.
OUTCOME: Client was able to keep his license after being arrested for a DUI.
I had a hearing in the San Bernardino Driver Safety Office for a client where the arresting officer was present and testified as to how he came to arrest our client for DUI. The DMV Hearing Officer qu ... estioned the arresting officer on direct examination, and the arresting officer testified that he came into contact with our client at the client’s home after he received a call about a drunk driver. Then, the officer tracked the license plate back to the client’s house. The officer went on to say that the client told him that he was drinking AFTER he had returned to his house, and that approximately 30 minutes had elapsed between the time the call came in and the time the cop made contact with the client at his residence. The officer also testified that he did not inquire of the client as to how much alcohol he consumed prior to leaving the house, and how much he had to drink after he returned home. At that point the DMV Hearing Officer excused the arresting officer and said that they could not suspend the client’s license because they could not prove that the client was driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher. Therefore, the DMV Hearing Officer decided to “set aside” on the spot the client’s suspension of his driver’s license rather than taking it under consideration and mailing their decision. The client is now looking forward to fighting the case in court.
OUTCOME: Client Avoids State Bar Discipline for Child Endangerment Charges
Last summer our client was arrested and charged with child endangerment. The client left his 4 year old, who was asleep in his bed, home alone while the client ran to the donut shop to get doughnuts an ... d coffee. When the client returned about ten minutes later, he pulled up in his driveway and saw his 4-year old on the sidewalk a few houses down from his house. There was also a stranger near his child, who told the client that he was on the phone with 911. The police show up and the client is arrested for felony child endangerment. The District Attorney’s office filed misdemeanor child endangerment charges with the court. The client is a licensed California attorney, who has been practicing for over 20 years and clearly had concerns that a conviction in this case could jeopardize his ability to practice law. The DA’s office initially wanted the client to plead guilty to the charge and serve 30 days of work release, pay fines, serve 3 years of probation, and complete a 52 week parenting class. We were ultimately able to negotiate the case with a supervising DA, who agreed to dismiss the case entirely upon the client’s successful completion of the 52 week parenting class. The client was able to complete the classes, and the case was dismissed. The client was able to keep a clean criminal record and avoided state bar discipline.
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