Seattle, WA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Prison sentence reversed.
Obtained new sentencing hearing for a defendant convicted of selling 1.2 grams of cocaine after showing that the trial court had unlawfully denied the defendant’s request for a drug offender sentenci ... ng alternative (DOSA) which would give him an opportunity to get drug treatment in the community rather than spend his entire sentence in prison.
OUTCOME: Felony Harassment convicton reversed
Ms. Mills's conviction was reversed by the Washington Supreme Court because the jury was not instructed on the element of felony murder that the victim be in fear of death as a result of the defendant' ... s threat to kill.
OUTCOME: Exceptional sentence reversed
High profile case concerning murder of Seattle musician, which ended in an exceptional sentence. On appeal, Mr. Mezquia's exceptional sentence was reversed.
OUTCOME: Rversed for new evidentiary hearing
Sexually violent predator was denied an evidentiary hearing to show he was no longer a danger to the community after his defense expert testified that sex offenders as children could outgrow their sexu ... al offender tendencies. A new evidentiary hearing was obtained for Mr. Ward.
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals reversed
A father wanted to appeal the juvenile court’s finding that his son was a dependent child. Mr. Saunders prevailed in the Washington Supreme Court, which held a parent can appeal a dependency order a ... s a matter of right.
OUTCOME: Terminaton of parental rights reversed
A developmentally disabled mother was awarded a new trial of the termination of her parental rights because the Department of Health and Social Services had failed to offer reasonably available service ... s available to the agency that Ms. Bissett may have been able to benefit from to learn how to parent her children.
OUTCOME: Murder conviction reversed
Obtained a reversal of a twin brother’s conviction because an erroneous jury instruction had prejudiced Mr. Sims’s trial.
OUTCOME: Bank robbery & threat to bomb convictons reversed
Mr. Vermillion's first-degree robbery and threats to bomb property convictions were reversed and his case remanded for a new trial after the trial court had refused him his constitutional right to repr ... esent himself because he had no formal training in law or understood the rules of evidence. Mr. Vermillion was awarded a new trial.
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed
Mr. Byrd’s possession of cocaine conviction was reversed because a car passenger has a constitutionally protected privacy interest in a stopped vehicle and his personal possessions inside the car. A ... passenger has automatic standing to challenge the stop of the driver’s vehicle. An officer may not intrude into the passenger’s rights unless the officer has an independent, articulable, and lawful basis for further control of the passenger. Evidence obtained during search pursuant to invalid stop should have been suppressed and terefore Mr. Byrd's conviction was reversed.
OUTCOME: Minor in possesson of alcohol conviction reversed
S.E.'s minor in possession of alcohol conviction was reversed because the State had failed to prove that the back patio the juvenile was found was not a public place, which is required under the statut ... e.
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