Coral Gables, FL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Coral Gables, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, International Law
OUTCOME: The Red Notice was withdrawn from INTERPOL's databases.
This client was improperly listed as a Red Notice subject on INTERPOL's international law enforcement database, and risked detention and extradition every time the client travelled. Michelle challenge ... d the Red Notice based on the impropriety of the application.
OUTCOME: The client's case was dismissed, as well as the case of the other defendant, based on the information Michelle provided to the prosecutor
This client was charged with possessing cocaine. Prior to the arraignment, Michelle investigated the case and learned that the arresting officer had charged two individuals with the possession of the ... same item, and described the circumstances differently in each of their arrest forms.
OUTCOME: The Red Notice was corrected to accurately reflect the appropriate charge.
This client was wanted for prosecution of a traffic-related incident and was improperly categorized in an INTERPOL Red Notice as if she were wanted for a much more serious offense. In the challenge to ... the Red Notice, Michelle provided information to support the requested correction.
OUTCOME: The jury found Michelle's client not guilty of the charge.
This client was charged with felony battery and refused to accept a plea offer because he was innocent. Michelle deposed all of the government's witnesses, examined the crime scene, located defense wi ... tnesses, and prepared for trial.
OUTCOME: The motion was granted and the case was nolle prossed.
This client had entered a guilty plea many years ago to two charges that were preventing him from adjusting his immigration status. His previous lawyer failed to even appear in court, resulting in the ... client accepting an illegal plea. Michelle moved to vacate the plea based on its illegality.
OUTCOME: See below
The client was charged with armed robbery with a firearm. After deposing all of the witnesses and investigating the case, Michelle persuaded the government to reduce the charge to grand theft and allo ... w the client to participate in a diversion program, which allows the charge to be ultimately dropped entirely.
OUTCOME: See below
This client was charged with violating the conditions of his community control/house arrest electronic monitor. The government initially insisted on the client serving one year in jail. Michelle was ... able to resolve the case with the client being taken off community control and instead being on probation, with all of the overdue fees and costs waived, and with the client being released from jail.
OUTCOME: All charges were nolle prossed (dropped).
This client was wrongly accused of burglarizing his neighbor's home. The government had previously offered probation to close the case, but the client did not want to accept a guilty plea for a crime ... he did not commit. After investigating the case and showing the state why the charge was unfair, Michelle convinced the state to allow the parties to handle the matter civilly and to drop the criminal charges.
OUTCOME: The court granted Michelle's request for bond on a non-bondable offense, thus allowing the client to fight his case from his home rather than the jail.
This client was accused of armed robbery with a firearm, which is a non-bondable offense. Michelle was hired to attempt to obtain a bond at a hearing which was already scheduled for the next day. She ... assembled all of the relevant information about the client and prepared factual and legal argument for the hearing, and interviewed the client's family and supporters.
OUTCOME: All felony charges were dropped and the client entered a no contest plea to one misdemeanor trespass count, thus protecting the client's goal of entering the military in the future.
This client was charged in two different cases with counts of burglary, grand theft, and criminal mischief, and faced up to fifteen years in prison. Through depositions and discovery, the weaknesses i ... n the state's case were exposed.
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