Miami, FL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Miami, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Charges Dropped
Radio talk show host – Charged with multiple counts of felony Doctor Shopping. All charges were ultimately dismissed following defense efforts in successfully diverting the matter out of the criminal j ... ustice system.
OUTCOME: No Conviction - Probation
Olympic Silver Medalist and professional boxer – Represented Stevenson on a felony charge stemming from an altercation with three other persons. While the client was facing incarceration for his part ... in the incident, Mark was able to convince prosecutors that his client’s culpability was not as originally believed. Mark then negotiated a very favorable resolution of only one year of probation and no criminal conviction.
OUTCOME: Time Served
Charged in Panama City, Florida with various counts of sexual misconduct involving minors. Though prosecutors demanded prison time for Mr. Francis, the case was ultimately resolved with no prison time ... for the client.
OUTCOME: No Conviction - Probation
Charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. Mr. Britto received no jail time after the pretrial resolution of his case.
OUTCOME: Youthful Offender
A young college student, charged with DUI manslaughter. Despite the horrific facts of the case, after months of investigation and work, a favorable plea resolution was negotiated, permitting Ms. Tomica ... to be sentenced as a Youthful Offender and serving minimal time in jail.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
The client’s family retained Mark as new counsel following Mr. Lawrence’s conviction years earlier. The appellate court granted a new trial. After the client spent years in prison, Mark won an acquitta ... l after proving that police botched their investigation and that another man was the actual killer.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Palm Beach County philanthropist and businessman charged with Domestic Battery – Mark won an acquittal after a jury trial by demonstrating, through scientific evidence, that the client’s accuser lied a ... nd fabricated evidence of physical abuse.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Unprecedented state-court prosecution of a corporation for Manslaughter in the alleged electrocution death of a 12-year-old boy. As co-counsel to Roy Black, the defense proved that the actual cause of ... death was due to a lightning strike, and the jury acquitted the corporation.
OUTCOME: No Action taken by prosecutors
Represented the father of an infant child (“Shaken baby” syndrome) who was under threat of imminent arrest and the removal of his infant son and young daughter to DCF custody. Our client, a father of a ... nine-month-old who sustained a severe brain injury, needed urgent help. The father said the injury occurred when the child fell backward off his parents’ bed and onto a hardwood floor. Police detectives and treating physicians did not believe our client’s explanation and pressed the State Attorney for an arrest and charges. Given only two weeks by the prosecutor to convince her that charges should not be filed, Mark tapped every available resource, pulling together the country’s leading engineering and medical experts on “shortfall” injuries. Meeting the two-week deadline, the prosecutor was presented with detailed written opinions from our consultants and a full audio/visual presentation given by one of the medical experts. No charges were filed.
OUTCOME: No Conviction - Probation
Charged with manslaughter after shooting a 16-year-old boy, thought to be perpetrating a home invasion into Levin’s house. Although a witness claimed that Levin shot the boy when he was several yards a ... way and no longer representing a threat, an extensive forensic analysis and defense investigation proved Levin’s account that the would-be intruder was less than two feet away at the time he was shot. The emotionally charged prosecution resulted in a probationary sanction after negotiation. The Florida State Legislature subsequently enacted Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law, which many believe was a direct result of the legal defense asserted.
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