Commonwealth v. T.M.
Mar 26, 2014OUTCOME: Found Not Guilty of Murder and immediately released
Client was charged with murder and was facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Harrisburg, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Harrisburg, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family
OUTCOME: Found Not Guilty of Murder and immediately released
Client was charged with murder and was facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
OUTCOME: Client acquited of aggravated assault on a corrections officer.
In Commonwealth v. J.M., my client was charged with aggravated assault on a corrections officer. J.M. was facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted of this office. Following a jury trial, the jury a ... cquited J.M. of aggravated assault.
OUTCOME: Drug Charges dismissed in its entirety
In Commonwealth v. J.L., J.L. was pulled over by state troopers for swerving in and out of his lane. After the state troopers issued a warning to J.L. , they refused to allow client to leave and search ... ed his vehicle without a warrant and discovered a large quantify of cocaine. The client was facing 15 years in prison due his prior record and the quantity of drugs found. A ttorney Galloway filed a Motion to Suppress the Evidence on Grounds that his client was subjected to an illegal seizure. After a hearing on the suppression motion, wherein the troopers were skillfully cross-examined, the prosecutor voluntarily dismissed the charges.
OUTCOME: Evidence Suppressed and Case Dismissed
In the Interest of R.M., a juvenile and four passengers were stopped and searched by Harrisburg police because police received a report that gunshots were fired and three black males were fleeing on fo ... ot. Harrisburg police found R.M. and three passengers parked in a vehicle on the side of the road and at gun point ordered R.M. and his passengers out of his car, placed him in handcuffs and conducted a warrantless search of the car where drugs were recovered. Attorney Galloway filed a Motion to Suppress the Evidence on grounds that officers lacked reasonable suspicion to seize R.M. based on an anonymous tip that three black males were fleeing on foot when R.M. was in a car with four black males in the area where it was reported shots were fired. The Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas supressed the evidence on grounds that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion that R.M. was engaged in criminal activity; therefore, it was illegal to stop him and search his vehicle.