Allentown, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Allentown, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of Not Guilty on all counts
Client charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Simple Assault, and Harassment. Commonwealth alleged that client struck another individual with a hammer causing serious bodily injury. C ... ase proceeded to a jury trial. Client alleged self-defense.
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed after summary trial
Client charged with driving with a suspended license DUI related. Faced mandatory minimum of 60 to 90 days in jail and one year loss of license.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed following hearing on pre-trial motions. Petition to revoke parole withdrawn.
Client charged with making Terroristic Threats to probation officer and domestic relations officer. Client faced the possibility of serving more than a year in jail as a result of charges and a parol ... e violation.
OUTCOME: Motion to Suppress Granted. Case dismissed.
Commercial driver's license (CDL) holder charged with DUI. Client was eligible for ARD, however, acceptance into ARD would have triggered a one (1) year loss of his CDL as well as a thirty (30) day ... loss of license. Filed motion to suppress on behalf of client alleging state police did not possess probable cause or reasonable suspicion prior to initiating a traffic stop of my client. After a hearing on client's motion to suppress, judge granted client's motion and precluded the Commonwealth from using any evidence obtained from the stop of my client.
OUTCOME: DUI withdrawn at preliminary hearing. Client accepted guilty plea to summary offense of disorderly conduct
Client charged with second offense DUI. Client faced a mandatory minimum incarceration of 90 days, an 18 month loss of license and $1,500 fine.
OUTCOME: Client's Motion to Suppress was granted and all evidence obtained during the execution of the search warrant was suppressed and deemed inadmissible.
Client charged with ten (10) counts of Possession with Intent to Manufacture (Felony), ten (10) counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance and ten (10) counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia af ... ter police executed a search warrant on his home and discovered what they alleged to be a marijuana grow operation in his basement. A Motion to Suppress Evidence was filed on behalf of client challenging the validity of the search warrant.
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed after summary trial
Client charged with driving with a suspended license DUI related. Faced mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days and one (1) years loss of license.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict finding client not guilty on all counts
Client charged with three counts of Simple Assault. Defense claimed self-defense.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict finding client not guilty of felony Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance.
Client was stopped and subsequently searched and found to possess marijuana, a large amount of cash and two cell phones. Client was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substan ... ce graded as a felony. Case proceeded to a jury trial.
OUTCOME: All charges dismissed. Habeas Corpus Petition granted by the Court of Common Pleas. Petition to revoke probation dropped.
Client charged with misdemeanor offense of cruelty to animals, while on probation for prior charges. Filed Petition for Habeas Corpus challenging the decision of the preliminary hearing held on the m ... atter and that the District Magistrate Judge improperly bound the charges over to county court. Judge granted petition and all charges were dismissed. As a result of charges being dismissed, Probation office subsequently withdrew petition to revoke probation.