Felony Theft Charges Dismissed

Aug 27, 2015

OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed

Following a preliminary hearing, the magistrate dismissed the felony charge after defense counsel argued that the victim’s speculation about who may have taken the money was not evidence and that such ... testimony could not be used to sustain a conviction of the charge.

DUI Charges Dismissed by Magistrate

Jun 17, 2015

OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed

The law firm of Justin Ketchel Law was hired to defend a man charged with numerous crimes, including driving under the influence and criminal mischief after a crash involving a van that belonged to the ... man’s girlfriend. At the preliminary hearing held in this matter, defense counsel argued that the commonwealth failed to prove a prima facie case against our client because there was no evidence that our client was ever in actual physical control of the movement of the vehicle, and that even if he was, there was no evidence offered by the commonwealth that when he was in such control of the vehicle that he was driving while impaired. Following a hearing and argument, the court dismissed all DUI charges and all criminal mischief charges.

McKEESPORT MAN ACQUITTED BY A JURY OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE

Feb 03, 2015

OUTCOME: Acquittal

Attorney Mancuso of Justin Ketchel Law, was appointed to represent a young man facing multiple serious charges in connection with a 2012 shooting. Although our client had no prior criminal history, he ... was accused of attempted homicide, assault of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault charges, reckless endangerment of another person, multiple firearm violations, robbery, burglary and criminal conspiracy. From the beginning, our legal defense was that our client had been misidentified and that the reliability of the eyewitnesses, including police officers at the scene, was in serious question. In addition, Ms. Mancuso presented DNA evidence to the jury that had been gathered from the crime scene from two individuals – neither sample matched the DNA of our client. Following a 4-day jury trial, the jury sided with the defense finding our client Not Guilty of all charges.

Aggravated Assault

Jan 01, 2014

OUTCOME: Felony Charged Dismissed

PWID Charge

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OUTCOME: Charge Dismissed

A client was caught with a substantial amount of marijuana on their person and I was able to have the charged dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.