Orlando, FL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Orlando, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Drug Crime
OUTCOME: sentence reduced
Client was charged with 23 counts, including RICO and 5 drug trafficking offenses. Client confessed. The sentencing guidelines mandated a minimum sentence of 308 months (25+ years!). After arguing fo ... r a lesser sentence and over the state's objection, the judge sentenced the client to 36 months.
OUTCOME: sentence reduced
Client was accused of committing a sexual battery upon a victim, as well as giving her a massage without a license. After reviewing the preliminary evidence, the government agreed not to proceed on th ... e sex battery but went forward with the Health Care violation, which requires a 1 year minimum sentence. After several adversarial court hearings, the government agreed to amend the charge so the client did not have to do any jail time and was able to keep it off his record.
OUTCOME: sentence reduced
Client faced multiple felony charges as part of a sting to catch adults traveling to meet minors for sex. Almost all the defendants in the sting received prison time, ranging from 5 to 7 years. We w ... orked tirelessly to provide mitigation and to show why this person was different than all the others caught up in the sting. After 1 year the state finally agreed to drop all but one charge. After hearing from our team of experts and other witnesses, the judge agreed with us and gave the client a no jail sentence.
OUTCOME: case dismissed
Client was arrested for DV Battery. The victim's testimony did not match the evidence from the scene. The prosecution agreed to dismiss the case less than 3 weeks after I was hired.
OUTCOME: case dismissed
client was arrested for 10 counts of drug trafficking, weapons, and other drug offenses. the client was in jail with bonds totaling over $200,000. I researched the legal issues and sent the prosecuti ... on and judge my research and argument I would be presenting in court. The day before the bond hearing, the prosecutor dropped all charges.
OUTCOME: charges reduced
Client was arrested for drug trafficking by FDLE and we discovered he was also a main target in a separate federal trafficking investigation. After going through all of the evidence and many discussio ... ns with the prosecutors, the federal case was eventually dropped and the client was given reduced charges and probation for the state trafficking case.
OUTCOME: case dismissed
Client was arrested for bringing a gun in her luggage in the airport. After meeting with the state attorney and explaining the extraordinary circumstances and showing them the supporting documentation ... , the state dropped the case.
OUTCOME: charges reduced, successful resolution
client was charged in separate cases with Arson and Trafficking in Cocaine. We had some good issues on the cocaine case, but none on the arson case. Even without the minimum mandatory provision, the ... client scored out mandatory prison time. It took a while to negotiate, but we were finally able to secure a probationary sentence for the client with no jail time.
OUTCOME: case dismissed
The cops stopped my client based on mere suspicion but did not have any evidence to detain him. They searched his person and found drugs. I filed a motion to suppress the evidence based on an illegal ... search and the court granted the motion.
OUTCOME: felony dismissed.
Client was charged with Aggravated Battery on an Elderly Person. After conducting my investigation, I was able to show the prosecution some major flaw in their case and they agreed to reduce the charg ... es.