Patrick Nelson Leduc

Patrick Nelson Leduc's Legal Cases (15)

Tampa, FL

Criminal defense Lawyer at Tampa, FL

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation ... +6 more

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Criminal defense

State v. Durbin

Mar 09, 2009

OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY of ROBBERY FIREARM OR DEADLY WEAPON LESS THAN $; AGGRAVATED BATTERY GREAT BODILY HARM OR DEADLY:

Defendant meet victim were friends from school and sports. Defendant asserted that victim fronted him $200 dollars worth of drugs and that the confrontation began when he was confronted by the victim, ... punched in the jaw, and he defended himself. Victim claimed that defendant stuck a gun in his stomach, demanding his car keys and money. That the victim then punch the defendant in the jaw, grabbed his gun, threw the gun onto a staircase, began to fist fight the defendant, secured said gun, and tried to shoot the defendant twice. Gun failed to discharge. Victim then claimed to lay the gun down in order to allow the Defendant to pistol whip him, causing the laceration on his head, which was closed with 7 stitches. He now complains of seeing spots in his right eye. This unbelievable story was obviously not believed by the jury, who apparently felt that our version of events was far more credible. The defendant did a good job testifying, and the lack of any corroborating evidence, along with the victim’s own very inconsistent testimony, doomed the government.

Criminal defense

State v. Jackson

Jan 16, 2009

OUTCOME: Motion to suppress and dismiss-Granted

The stop concerned here was a pre-textual stop having no basis in probable cause, and was unlawful from it’s inception. However, if we are to presume that the stop of the Defendant was lawfully bas ... ed on some articulable probable cause, the subsequent search violated the Defendant’s constitutional rights against an illegal search and seizure. On 6 October 2008, at 0104 hours at 11702 North Dale Mabry, a divided 8 lane highway, a HCSO detained the Defendant for “changing lane’s, while passing a vehicle...(and) not using a turning signal.” On the police report, in pen and ink, the word “consenual” was written in, to suggest that the subsequent search of the Defendant’s vehicle that revealed a Xanax pill and residue Marijuana was consented to by the Defendant

Criminal defense

State v. Garcia

N/A

OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY of TRAFFICKING (3 Year MIN/MAN):

Defendant arrested on 3 outstanding warrants for Delivery of Cocaine. A search of the Defendant at the Orient Road Jail uncovered a bag of Cocaine hidden in his body cavity. The police had d ... one three seperate searches that had not uncovered the narcotics. Police testimony at trial was disjointed and inconsistent. The sock, containing the drugs had been destroyed, and no video evidenc of the search was produced by the state. The only evidence agains the Defendant was testimony of the officer who uncovered th drugs at the jail, and the druds themselves. The jury was out for 15 minutes before rendering a verdict of not guilty based on the conflicts in the evidence and the lack of evidence (in spite of the drugs being found at the jail during the booking search).

Criminal defense

State v. Williams

N/A

OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY of Possession of Cannabis W/I/T/D 20 grams, Possession of Cocaine, DWLS, possession of drug paraphernalia:

State was unable to prove beyond reasonable doubt that my client had knowledge of the 12 bags of marijuana found in glove compartment, or the piece of crack cocaine found in a back seat pocket, of the ... ring baggies found in the front seat, or the marijuana blunt found in the driver’s side console... We conceded the issue of DWLS. We argued that there was insufficient evidence to prove my client’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, because the state failed to offer any evidence that my client knew, or should have known what was in the glover compartment. Jury stayed out for an hour. This was the second of two cases. The first case, which happened four months prior, involves the defendant engaging in hand to hand transactions, witnessed by an undercover police agent.

Criminal defense

State v. Manning

N/A

OUTCOME: Not Guilty of all charges

ient charge with asking for a “dime” of cocaine. What he asked for was a “dime”, to be sure...but he wanted marijuana, not crack. The police report was the State’s undoing, since it proved th ... at the defendant never took the crack that was offered, in spite of testimony to the contrary. Defendant was his own best witness. In spite of 8 felony convictions, many for use of crack, the jury (and the judge, and the court reporter, and the clerk, and the alternate juror...) all believed him. Jury was out about 15 minutes.

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