Plattsburgh, NY
Criminal defense Lawyer at Plattsburgh, NY
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Not guilty on all counts.
Client who is an inmate was indicted on three counts for dangerous prison contraband. Prevented investigator from testifying about supposed meaning of "jail coded conversation". As a result, client was ... found not guilty of all charges and avoided a possible 2-4 year sentence.
OUTCOME: Hung Jury, felony reduced to a misdemeanor.
Client facing felony DWI charges. Ended with a hung jury. This allowed for new plea offer to a Misdemeanor.
OUTCOME: All charges dismissed
Client on Federal Parole. Following car accident, client was charged with a DWI and a number of traffic tickets. After meeting with client and thoroughly reviewing the charges, I made a motion to dismi ... ss at arraignment based on the facial insufficiency of the criminal complaint and supporting documents. While the motion was opposed by the prosecutor, the Judge granted my motion and as a result, the DWI charges and accompanying traffic tickets were all dismissed. As a result, my client did not lose his license, and he could inform his parole officer and the federal judge handling his federal parole hearing that the charges were simply dismissed. His parole will not be violated so he will not have to return to federal prison.
OUTCOME: All charges dismissed
Client charged with DWI. He is a CDL driver and crosses the Canadian border 2-3 times per day for work. A conviction would have resulted in the revocation for one year of his CDL license and would hav ... e made him inadmissible to enter Canada due to a criminal conviction. This would have left him unemployed. Discovered issues with the probable cause for his arrest and after making a motion to dismiss to Court, the judge granted the motion and all charges were dropped. Client was thus able to keep his license and he could cross into Canada unimpeded.
OUTCOME: Not guilty
Client charged with assault charge for hitting his brother in a brawl with closed fists. Opted for bench trial. During cross-examination, the victim admitted to cocaine use and domestic violence, for w ... hich he was placed on probation a few years earlier. Client found not guilty
OUTCOME: Not guilty of Most serious charge
Client charge with multiple felonies including Gang assault 1st Degree which could get him up to 25 years in prison due to his extensive criminal record. Opted for a jury trial. Jury found client not ... guilty of the most serious charge, thereby reducing his prison exposure from 25 years to 7 years.
OUTCOME: Gren card approved
Client came to the US for medical treatment, fell in love, got married. I was asked to submit on his behalf a petition for a green card. Client went for his interview today and was approved.
OUTCOME: Client found not guilty
Client charged with DWI-Drugs following serious car accident. Car was totaled. Went to bench trial, found not guilty, raised defense that even though client had sevral drugs in her system, there was no ... evidence of impairment.
OUTCOME: Client found not guilty
Client charged with DWI after being found asleep at the wheel of his vehicle with almost empty bottle of whisky at his side. Had bench trial, client found not guilty. Raised the defense that there was ... no evidence of operation. Client saved his CDL license because of the outcome of his case.
OUTCOME: Not guilty verdict
Canadian client, a trucker by trade with a CDL, was found asleep, at a highway rest area, at the wheel of his car, which was running and was smoking heavily due to mechanical defect. No plea offer was ... going to save his CDL so we went to trial. Our legal research showed the prosecutor would have a hard time proving operation or intent to operate. Had bench trial and won.