Bellefonte, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Bellefonte, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: BAC charge dismissed.
Defendant charged with having a BAC of .22 as well as incapable of safe driving. After receiving the lab data and consulting with an expert in blood testing using gas chromotography. Finding multiple ... problems with the test done on Defendant's blood. I was able to convince the DA to withdraw the blood charge thus saving the defendant exposure to 90 days minimum to a maximum of 5 years in jail.
OUTCOME: Probation
Client charged with vehicular homicide, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, and involuntary manslaughter. It was claimed he was driving almost 40 mph over the speed limit. On the morning of tri ... al client pled to vehicular homicide and received probation.
OUTCOME: Multiple charges withdrawn prior to and after trial
Defendant charged with DUI based on marijuana in system and impairment by marijuana in addition to possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Prior to trial the prosecution withdraws the impairme ... nt by marijuana DUI charge. Morning of trial prosecution drops possession of marijuana charge. Defendant found guilty of DUI based on marijuana in system and drug paraphernalia. During appeal trial court reverses his position on guilt and informs appeals court that he would have found Defendant not guilty based on insufficient evidence. Prosecution withdraws remaining DUI charge and Defendant is only facing one year probation on paraphernalia charge. Defendant's sentence of 90 days to five years and 18 months of license loss will be vacated.
OUTCOME: BAC based charge was withdrawn
Defendant charged with impaired driving and a blood alcohol over .16. Clients blood alcohol content was tested as .317. Through use of an expert we showed the DA that the blood sample had fermented b ... efore testing so the blood test was no good. On verge of trial DA dismissed the blood alcohol charge and defendant avoided doing a minimum of 90 days in jail.
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed at preliminary hearing
Defendant charged with robbery and assault. Defendant facing four to five years minimum and twenty years maximum in state prison on robbery charge alone. Charges were dismissed at the preliminary hea ... ring.
OUTCOME: Charges reduced
Defendant charged with impaired driving and a BAC greater than .16. Defendants blood was tested at over .21. On verge of trial DA agreed to a plea in the middle tier saving 60 days minimum and four a ... nd a half years on the maximum.
OUTCOME: Complete not guilty
Client was charged with having a BAC of .214 and driving while impaired. At the close of the Commonwealth's case the judge granted my motion for acquittal of the BAC charge and then the jury found my ... client not guilty of the driving while impaired charge.
OUTCOME: DUI charge dismissd
Set case for trial. Exposed problems with blood test. DUI dismissed for a plea to summary public drunk and traffic offense. No license loss at all. No jail. No increased insurance.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed at preliminary hearing
Woman was facing her second DUI offense based on alcohol and drugs. Her BAC was alleged to have been .27 and the Commonwealth stated she had marijuana in her system. I took the time to get her medica ... l records and they showed the test used for the drugs wwas not an approved test and the records showed that the Commonwealth could not prove who drew my clients blood and who tested it. After showing the prosecutor those facts the charges were withdrawn and my client no longer is facing 90 days minimum to a maximum of five years in jail.
OUTCOME: DUI dismissed and settled for a traffic ticket and 25 fine.
Defendant was arrested in a store parking lot and charged with DUI after a store clerk called the police to report a man passed out in a truck parked on their lot. The defendant's BAC was .22 and he ... was facing a maximum sentence of five years in jail for his second offense. The only way to prove he drove the truck to the store that was surrounded by bars was a surveilance tape from the store. The police claimed that had a tape to prove the defendant drove there as opposed to walking to his vehicle from the bar. The police failed to produce this alleged tape and I filed a motion to preclude its admission at trial. Prior to the trial beginning the DA agreed to dismiss the DUI charges and settle the case for a traffic ticket with a 25 fine. This is an example of never giving up and listing cases for trial.