Attorney Michael Patrick Kelly's Legal Cases

DUI and DWI

Preliminary Hearing

Dec 18, 2021

OUTCOME: Dismissed at the Preliminary

Client was pulled over for a suspended license. The cop said she appeared very lethargic, nervous and confused. He conducted some SFSTs that were designed to measure blood alcohol content and subsequen ... tly arrested her for DUI. She was eventually charged with DUI 3802d (drug DUI.) I got records that she had prescriptions for everything in her blood. Since her driving was not erratic and there was no DRE Protocol done the Judge agreed with me that the case should be dismissed.

DUI and DWI

DUI Jury Trial Won

Aug 15, 2019

OUTCOME: Acquittal

Third time DUI, refusal case. Jury deliberated for 45 minutes. Not guilty

DUI and DWI

DUI Trial Won

Aug 13, 2018

OUTCOME: Acquittal

Client had a .174 BAC, erratic driving and failed sobriety tests. I got the BAC thrown out via an unanswered Discovery Request and nullified the sobriety tests at trial wit htheir inherent inaccuracies ... and my clients physical disabilities.

DUI and DWI

DUI Drug Case Dropped to General Impairment

Aug 18, 2016

OUTCOME: General Impairment

I filed suppression on the blood evidence and it was excluded. With no DRE (drug recognition expert) the case was dropped to a General Impairment. 300 dollar fine and probation.

DUI and DWI

DUI won at preliminary hearing

Nov 11, 2015

OUTCOME: dismissal

The police could not prove when my client drove a car so the case was dismissed by the magistrate.

Criminal defense

Tampering with Odometers Felony

Aug 12, 2015

OUTCOME: probation

Negotiated down to theft by deception, a misdemeanor. Client got probation instead of jail time.

DUI and DWI

DUI dropped down a level

Jul 18, 2015

OUTCOME: reduced tier DUI

Was able to get the chemical evidence reduced one tier due to standard deviation. Resulted in significantly lessened penalty.

Criminal defense

Fleeing the Scene of an Accident

Apr 02, 2014

OUTCOME: 200 dollar summary fine

I negotiated down an M1 fleeing the scene charge down to a summary offense. My client was very pleased. To top it off he was on probation and I kept him from getting violation.

Criminal defense

High Speed Chase

Aug 13, 2013

OUTCOME: plea

I had a client charged with felony fleeing and eluding. I was able to plea the case out to an M2 reckless endangerment and instead of prison, the client got house arrest for three months and probation. ...

Child custody

Custody - Represented Mother

May 11, 2010

OUTCOME: PFA and Primary Custody

I represented a mother who had a child with a man who turned out to be rather violent. We protected her with a PFA and limited the child's time with the father to supervised visitation. It became appar ... ent that he was only using the child as a way to contact my client because he was speaking to my client throughout his visits and paying little attention to his daughter. Finally after the PFA and a few months of supervised visits he just disappeared and my client can move on with her life without being harassed.

Michael Patrick Kelly's Legal Cases (12)

Preliminary Hearing

DUI Jury Trial Won

DUI Trial Won

DUI Drug Case Dropped to General Impairment

DUI won at preliminary hearing

Tampering with Odometers Felony

DUI dropped down a level

Fleeing the Scene of an Accident

High Speed Chase

Custody - Represented Mother