Temecula, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Temecula, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Violent Crime ... +6 more
OUTCOME: DUI dismissed
Client had a .25 BAC (Blood Alcohol Content). Successfully used "Necessity" defense (gunshot victim driving to hospital) to persuade DA prosecuting case to dismiss the DUI charge. Client pled guilt ... y to 3 minor traffic infractions (totaling 1 point on his DMV record) and paid a $150-250 fine to avoid having to go to trial saving $15,000+.
OUTCOME: VC 23582 enhancement with mandatory 60 days jail dismissed, standard 1st time DUI penalties
Client charged with DUI (blood test .10 plus cocaine metabolites present) along with VC 23582 (going over 100 mph while under the influence of alcohol, drugs or a combination of both), an enhancement i ... n DUI cases that mandates 60 days jail time by law. Successfully persuaded the DA handling the case to dismiss the VC 23582 enhancement. Even the Judge who reluctantly accepted the disposition remarked from the bench addressing my client, "Christmas came early for you" and "you have a helluva lawyer to get this kind of deal".
OUTCOME: Felony DUI and Child Endangerment Charges pending dismissal per Drug Diversion
Client charged with Felony 2 DUI's and Felony Child Endangerment within 2 months of each other. High BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) in both and very bad driving including nearly striking a school bus dro ... pping off students in one. Blood tests also showed presence of drug metabolites. Successfully persuaded DA (head of office) to allow client to participate in Drug Diversion, which upon successful completion, will result in all Felony charges being dismissed. Many lawyers I have spoken with, including here on Avvo when responding to Q's and A's, scoffed at the result. I have the client's name and case number, if I'm ever asked about it at the State Bar level, showing that "if there's a will, there's a way" and almost anything can be done...if you hire the right lawyer.
OUTCOME: Assault and Battery charges dismissed
Client (age 17 1/2) charged with assault and battery on mother's lesbian lover. Successfully able to persuade DA handling case to dismiss charges with maternal grandparents serving as her Guardian ad ... Litem until she reached 18. Later received a telephone call from the client's father thanking for my services. He was a Captain with either the Riverside Police or Sheriff's Department.
OUTCOME: Pc 148a ("resisting, obstructing or delaying a police officer"). 4-0 or 2-2, you be the judge
Represented 4 different clients charged with PC 148a ("resisting, obstructing or delaying" a police officer in the performance of his (or her) duties. Case #1--hung jury (split 6-6), DA dismissed ch ... arge Case #2--acquittal after jury trial Case #3--Guilty verdict after client broke down on the stand testifying while cross-examined by the DA. Client consistently told the same story including under my direct examination. Spoke with jurors afterward and all 12 said that if my client had not testified (as was his right but he insisted on doing so) they would have unanimously voted for acquittal and 3 said they would have voted for acquittal in spite of his admission of guilt if he had answered 1 question I asked, "Isn't one of the reasons you did "X" is because you wanted to avoid "Y" with a Yes response on re-direct but he replied "No" while avoiding eye contact with me or the jurors. Case #4--Jury was out for 4 days deliberating on this PC 148a case (which is unheard of on a misdemeanor case). On the last day, the jury was still split 8-4; 1 juror joined the majority in favor of guilt while the other 3 "caved in" that afternoon because they didn't want to come back the following week (verdict was read Friday afternoon). I was in trial on another criminal case and pleaded with a supervisor to send another lawyer to ask the judge to read a Special Jury Instruction that if deadlocked (as I suspected by the end of the 2nd day), jurors should listen to other jurors' point of view on the evidence but it was their duty to vote their individual conscience and not merely go along with the majority of the other jurors' vote. As I later found out when I spoke with the jurors, had that Special Instruction been given as I requested, the jury would have informed the Judge that they were hopelessly deadlocked. Indeed, on the 3rd day (a Thursday), the jury was then 7-5 for guilt but 1 joined the majority until the final 4 went with the majority on a Friday afternoon to avoid coming back again. Whether you view my record as 4-0 (as it should have been) or 2-2, I'll put up my track record handling PC 148a cases (often accompanied by trumped up assault and battery on a police officer charges) against ANY individual lawyer or law firm in the State of California.
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