MISDEMEANOR VERDICTS ON VIOLENT CHARGES INVOLVING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
Apr 16, 2002
OUTCOME: Guilty of Misdemeanors Only
Rocky represented a mam accused of fighting officers when they investigated him for marijuana possession. The client was charged with Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Resisting a Law Enforcement O...fficer With Violence and Possession of Marijuana. At trial, Rocky mounted a defense, with his client’s consent, that he was guilty only of possessing a misdemeanor amount of marijuana. According to the defense, it was the police officers who were violent, not Rocky’s client. The jury found Rocky’s client guilty of the misdemeanor marijuana charge he admitted to and a lesser charge of resisting an officer without violence, a misdemeanor. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty of Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer.
Sex crime
NOT GUILTY VERDICT CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY AND LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION
Apr 12, 2002
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a high-ranking military enlisted retiree who was accused by his wife of molesting his grandson. Rocky mounted a defense at trial that his wife coached the child to make the false alle...gations so she could obtain leverage in the couple’s divorce. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty.
White collar crime
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEFENSE YIELDS A NOT GUILTY VERDICT, ESCAPE
Feb 15, 2002
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of forging an order commuting his life sentence to a term of years that would cause his release. Through extensive research, Rocky was able to find that the order was cl...ocked in at the Florida Department of Corrections, the Prison where the client was housed and the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Miami, where the court case originated. Additionally, the client’s fingerprint was allegedly found on the copy of the document that was clocked in at the Circuit Clerk’s office. At trial, Rocky disputed the fingerprint and urged the jury to compare it themselves to the client’s known print exemplar. Rocky cross examined the Miami circuit judge who denied signing the order, which was very consistent with her known signature. He cross examined a Miami prosecutor. The case was tried in Pensacola, Florida , a very conservative area, and Rocky mounted what he called “the presidential election defense.” The case was tried within a couple of years of the 2000 presidential election where the results were arguably compromised by the Miami Supervisor of Elections not counting votes with “hanging chads” (if you are too young to remember this, Google it). According to Rocky’s argument, the Pensacola jury should have no reason to trust the testimony of the Miami officials, when that county cannot even be trusted to count votes properly. Everything appeared in proper with the paper trail of the order being clocked in properly at multiple locations. Rocky did not argue that the Miami officials were lying. Rather, it seems the order was properly signed and there was no evidence that his client is the one who typed the forged order. Rocky knew that Pensacolans were generally skeptical of more liberal areas of the state like Miami. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty.
Criminal defense
NOT GUILTY VERDICT, BURGLARY OF AN UNOCCUPIED STRUCTURE AND GRAND THEFT
Oct 31, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of entering into a shed and stealing items worth over $300. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty of both counts.
Criminal defense
NOT GUILTY VERDICT, GRAND THEFT MOTOR VEHCILE AND PETIT THEFT
Aug 13, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of stealing a car and some personal items. Through cross examination of the alleged victim, Rocky established reasonable doubt. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty ...of both counts.
Drug Crime
NOT GUILTY VERDICT, POSSESSION OF COCAINE
Jul 31, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of possession of cocaine. The man had been transported to a hospital, where staff found cocaine in his pocket. The man testified that the pants belonged to his roommate,... and he did not know the cocaine was in the pocket. The jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty.
Criminal defense
NOT GUILTY VERDICT, GRAND THEFT
Jun 26, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of grand theft. The jury found the man Not Guilty at trial. 6/26/01.
Domestic violence
NOT GUILTY VERIDCT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BATTERY
Mar 21, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man charged with domestic violence battery. Through cross examination of the alleged victim, Rocky showed her bias. Rocky additionally presented a lack of evidence defense. The jury... found Rocky’s client Not Guilty.
Criminal defense
NOT GUILTY OF FELONY PETIT THEFT
Mar 13, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of felony petit theft. The charge was enhanced because the client had prior convictions. Through cross examination of witnesses, Rocky established reasonable doubt. The ...jury found Rocky’s client Not Guilty.
Sex crime
NOT GUILTY VERDICT, SEXUAL BATTERY
Jan 18, 2001
OUTCOME: Not Guilty Verdict
Rocky represented a man accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl in the family home. Prior to trial, Rocky personally went to the home to survey the layout. At trial, Rocky presented a defense that the ...accusations were untrue and that the child just did not like his client. To bolster the defense, Rocky examined witnesses on the layout of the home and that family members would have heard the event, had it really occurred, due to proximity. The jury found Rocky’s client not guilty.
