State of North Carolina v. Robin Pettice
Feb 10, 2012OUTCOME: MIXED VERDICT
Breaking & Entering (Not Guilty) Larceny after Breaking & Entering (Guilty) Possession of Stolen Goods (Guilty)(Judgment Arrested)
Chiege O. Okwara's Legal Cases (46)
Charlotte, NC
Criminal defense Lawyer at Charlotte, NC
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime ... +2 more
State of North Carolina v. Rudolph Brooks
Dec 21, 2011OUTCOME: CASES DISMISSED AFTER MISTRIAL ON DECEMBER 15, 2011
Twelve Counts of Trafficking in Heroin and Related charges (Hung Jury on all 12 counts (Mistrial Declared) Voluntarily Dismissed (December 21, 2011)(See below)
State of North Carolina v. Marcez Lee
Nov 30, 2011OUTCOME: ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES
Indecent Liberties with a Minor (Not Guilty)
State of North Carolina v. Trayon Glover
Nov 04, 2011OUTCOME: ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES
Breaking and Entering (Not Guilty) Larceny After Breaking and Entering (Not Guilty) Felony Possession of Stolen Goods (Not Guilty)
State of North Carolina v. Rudolph Brooks
Oct 08, 2011OUTCOME: MISTRIAL; HUNG JURY; RETRIED IN DECEMBER 2011
Twelve Counts of Trafficking in Heroin and Related charges (Hung Jury on all 12 counts (Mistrial Declared) Retried in December 2011—see above
State of North Carolina v. Robert Lamar McFadden
Aug 11, 2011OUTCOME: Mixed Verdict
Robert Lamar McFadden, Defendant. Mecklenburg County Nos. 10-CRS-223638, 223640-42 McFadden was indicted on charges of first degree kidnapping, second degree rape, simple assault, felonious breaking ... and entering, and larceny after breaking and entering for an attack on V.B.1 that occurred on 19 May 2010. He was also indicted on a charge of felonious breaking and entering of the residence of K.T. that occurred 20 May 2010. The charges were joined for trial at the 25 July 2011 Criminal Session of Mecklenburg County Superior Court. On 11 August 2011 a jury found him guilty of second degree rape, simple assault, and both felonious and misdemeanor breaking or entering. He was found not guilty of first degree kidnapping and larceny after breaking and entering. He was sentenced to a total term of 9 ½ to 12 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed by law. Author: WCNC Staff and WCNC.com (WCNC) Published: 3:45 PM EDT August 11, 2011 Updated: 3:45 PM EDT August 11, 2011 "CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After just two hours of jury deliberations this morning, Robert McFadden has been found guilty of second degree rape of an 83-year-old woman last May. McFadden was also guilty of felony breaking and entering and assault. He was found not guilty of first degree kidnapping. In total, he will spend 9.5-12.16 years in prison. McFadden will spend 10-12 months for the felony breaking and entering guilty charge and between 8.7-11.3 years for the second degree rape charge. He will spent 45 days for the felony breaking and entering as well. McFadden did not react when the verdict was read just after 12:30 p.m., but was seen crying in court minutes later. His grandmother addressed the court shortly after 1 p.m. and told the victim's family she is sorry. The defense finished presenting closing arguments Wednesday in the Robert McFadden rape trial. Wednesday the state laid out, step by step, its case against McFadden. You should not find Robert guilty, said defense attorney Chiege Okwara, who started her closing by telling jurors not to give in to the pressure and convict McFadden. McFadden's attorney also said that investigators rushed to judgment in his case saying they should have done more and they had to arrest someone. Okwara points to lack of fingerprint evidence taken from the scene of the rape, and said that the elderly woman referred to her attacker as husky several times. She also said the victim changed her story about the height of the attacker. … The state had the opportunity to rebut the defense Thursday morning. McFadden could have faced up to 43 years in prison if he was convicted of all charges."
State of North Carolina v. Anthony Jones
Apr 14, 2011OUTCOME: HABITUAL FELON INDICTMENT DISMISSED; CONVICTED OF LESSER OFFENSES;M CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.
Anthony Jones, was tried for 1) sale of marijuana within 1000 feet of a school; 2) possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana within 1000 feet of a school . The jury returned a verdict of gu ... ilty to the lesser-included count of possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and not guilty of selling marijuana. The court granted my Motion to Dismiss the Habitual Felon Indictment because Imy motion showed that the State could not prove that Mr. Jones had the qualifying felony convictions. As a result, Jones was sentenced by The Honorable F. Lane Williamson, Superior Court Judge, to 6-8 months in jail. He was released from custody because he had enough jail credit to satisfy the sentence imposed.
State of North Carolina v. Edward Hicks
Mar 04, 2011OUTCOME: MISTRIAL: (Cases were subsequently dismissed in April 2011)
Edward Hicks was tried for 1) attempted murder 2) assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and 3) robbery with a dangerous weapon. A mistrial was declared by The Honor ... able Yvonne Mims Evans, Superior Court Judge. The case was not retried but was dismissed in April 2011.
State of North Carolina v. Edward Hicks
Mar 04, 2011OUTCOME: MISTRIAL: (Cases were subsequently dismissed in April 2011)
Edward Hicks was tried for 1) attempted murder 2) assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and 3) robbery with a dangerous weapon. A mistrial was declared by The Honor ... able Yvonne Mims Evans, Superior Court Judge. The case was not retried but was dismissed in April 2011.
State of North Carolina v. Ramon Ayala-Guardado
Feb 21, 2011OUTCOME: MISTRIAL: HUNG JURY (Cases were subsequently dismissed on 2/6/2012)
Ramon Ayala-Guardado, and Eladio Valentins, were joined for trial for the charges of Trafficking In Cocaine (1 Kilogram) and Conspiracy To Traffic in Cocaine. I represented Ayala-Guardado. After a seve ... n-day trial, the jury found Valentins not guilty and was unable to reach a unanimous verdict as to Ayala - Guardado. A mistrial was declared by the judge for Ayala-Guardado. The ultimately dismissed the case.
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