Theft 5th
Dec 02, 2014OUTCOME: Dismissal
Charges dismissed following community service agreement.
Iowa City, IA
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Iowa City, IA
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OUTCOME: Dismissal
Charges dismissed following community service agreement.
OUTCOME: Dismissal
This summer I took a case of a young person facing a probation revocation for allegedly failing to complete her substance abuse treatment, and for picking up a second marijuana possession and paraphern ... alia possession charge. She was on probation for her first marijuana possession case at the time. Based on the weakness of the new evidence, the age of the case, and by explaining and investigating the substance abuse treatment, the new charges were dismissed and the old probation was discharged and expunged.
OUTCOME: Deferred Judgment
Six Pounds of Marijuana Seized from Defendant, Pleads to Tax Stamp Violation for Deferred Judgment and no jail time.
OUTCOME: Plea to Simple Misdemeanor
Defendant was charged with two felony burglaries after a night of poor decision making while intoxicated. However, there was never any malicious intent, and the items taken were of very low value. Ma ... rk was able to convince the prosecutor to reduce one charge to two simple misdemeanors, and to dismiss the other felony.
OUTCOME: Acquittal by Jury
Defendant was charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. After the charge was reduced to simple Assault, upon insistence of the defendant we took the case to a jury trial. After a few hours of del ... iberation, the jury acquitted the defendant of the charge
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Defendant was charged with Burglary for entering his former-roommate’s apartment allegedly without permission. The jury deliberated for several hours before delivering a verdict of not guilty for all ... charges and lesser-included offenses.