Honolulu, HI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Honolulu, HI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Defendant was accused of causing his family's car to flip over, substantially injuring his wife in the process. Defendant made multiple confessions, 2 recorded 1 to a Federal Probation Officer. Daily ... newspaper, radio, and television reports created an atmosphere where many thought Defendant was already convicted pre-trial.
OUTCOME: Defendant was acquitted on harassing one officer and kicking out the window of the car. The final charge was pled down to a no-jail misdemeanor.
Defendant was accused of being drunk and belligerently attacking two Police officers, which comes with mandatory jail. Defendant then kicked out the window to the Police car in front of many witnesses ... , no one disputed this. Through careful cross-examination the police officers were discredited in their testimony, giving an image of the cops being belligerent, not the Defendant. The jury ended up disbelieving the cops to such a degree, they acquitted on the broken cop car window as well.
OUTCOME: Acquittal on all charges
Defendant is trailed based on a tip to the plainclothes Honolulu Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) of drug sales. Police testified Defendant is caught with drugs (methamphetamine) and paraphernalia (the pipe ... ) in his pocket, and other paraphernalia (the scale) in his hand. IN HIS HAND!
OUTCOME: Lesser included misdemeanor theft. Defendant saved between 4 to 9 years of her life from incarceration.
Defendant had over 30 prior theft charges for all types of shoplifting with the exact same modus operandi: stealing a few small things and walking out of the store to sell. The judge had intimated, pr ... obably reasonably, that she would get the maximum jail allowed under law if she was convicted. We argued successfully to the jury that since her intent was to commit misdemeanor theft, that's what they should convict her of.
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