Madison, MS
Criminal defense Lawyer at Madison, MS
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: DUI 1st Offense charge DISMISSED
Madison County Justice Court, DUI charge. Intoxilyzer 8000 result of .10 found to be unreliable and inadmissible based on argument from defense counsel, Lance Mixon. No other credible evidence of imp ... airment. Charge dismissed.
OUTCOME: DUI 2nd Offense charge DISMISSED
Hancock County Justice Court, DUI 2nd Offense. Charge dismissed as a result of a motion from defense counsel, Lance Mixon, based on destruction of material evidence after his client's arrest and befor ... e the trial date
OUTCOME: Reversed and Rendered by the Mississippi Court of Appeals
Trial counsel for defendant. Convicted and sentenced to 40 years to serve. Among other things, moved for suppression of all evidence based on insufficient evidence and an invalid search warrant, ther ... eby violating the defendant's 4th Amendment rights. Denied in the trial court. The case was turned over to lawyers of the Appeals Division for the State. The 4th Amendment issue argued and preserved by trial counsel Lance Mixon, during the trial, was re-argued on appeal, where it prevailed on behalf of the defendant/appellant.
OUTCOME: DUI 1st Offense charge DISMISSED
DUI 1st Offense, Justice Court of George County. Charge dismissed after the client followed the advice of his counsel, Lance Mixon, to go to counseling and present extremely mitigating life circumstan ... ces that convinced the prosecution that he was not at risk to re-offend.
OUTCOME: Potential FELONY DUI resolved as a DUI First Offense only
Potentially a FELONY DUI due to at least two (2) known prior DUI convictions within the last five (5) years. Negotiated to a plea to a DUI FIRST Offense with no jail time and no probation.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY verdict
DUI 1st Offense charge, with a verdict of NOT GUILTY after trial. Client was accused of driving under the influence (DUI). Client submitted to Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs) but declined to blow into th ... e Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine. Cross-examination by counsel Lance Mixon of the officers involved in the case demonstrated insufficient evidence. Therefore, the court found the client "Not Guilty" of the charge.
OUTCOME: DUI 2nd Offense charge DISMISSED
DUI 2nd Offense charge dismissed after motion by counsel Lance Mixon, where a material witness for the prosecution was not present in court to support the rest of the evidence.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY verdict
DUI 1st Offense charge. Client acquitted after objectionable evidence was ruled inadmissible, among other things.
OUTCOME: Petition to Reinstate Driver's License GRANTED
Statutory petition filed on behalf of client who received a notice in the mail, stating that the client's driving privileges would be suspended for 90 days as a result of the refusal to submit to the I ... ntoxilyzer 8000 breath test during the DUI arrest. Counsel Lance Mixon argued on behalf of the client and the Petition was GRANTED. Thus, the client's license suspension was overturned and the driver's license was reinstated.
OUTCOME: Certiorari denied by the U.S. Supreme Court
Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2010.
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