People v. Dungey
Dec 08, 2014OUTCOME: DIsmissed
Butte County domestic battery misdemeanor. Case was dismissed after 11 months of pretrial negotiation.
Sacramento, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: DIsmissed
Butte County domestic battery misdemeanor. Case was dismissed after 11 months of pretrial negotiation.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was facing charges of minor in possession of alcohol which carries with it a penalty of a one year driver's license suspension. The officers in this case made a bad stop in violation of my cli ... ent's 4th Amendment rights.
OUTCOME: Reckless driving misdemeanor
San Joaquin County two-count DUI case, settled for a dry reckless driving charge at trial.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty (four counts); one count dismissed by court on defense motion; and prosecution dismissed both remaining counts thereafter.
Client faced imprisonment, loss of career, and deportation in a seven-felony-count criminal domestic violence case in Yolo Count. After a five-day jury trial in Woodland, California, the accuser and de ... fendant both testified at length. A favorable jury verdict came back just five hours after closing arguments: clean sweep for the defense. Client kept his professional job, and remains on the path toward citizenship.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty of felony 273(a)(a) charge
Tuolumne County Superior Court case where a young mother was charged with intentionally injuring her premature newborn child shortly after her release from the neonatal intensive care. Renowned Stanfor ... d Pediatric Radiologist Patrick Barnes testified for the defense, and the jury acquitted both parents of the felony charge.
OUTCOME: Dismissed by the prosecution after trial
This first-DUI Sacramento County misdemeanor had a probable cause of speeding and serpentine driving. PAS results were .102/.095; breath tests were .09/.09 Judge declared a mistrial after three days o ... f testimony and two-plus days of jury deliberation; Jurors voted 7-5 for not guilty on the .08 DUI per se count.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of all charges
Client was charged with a strike felony PC 245(a)(1) (assault with a deadly weapon) and PC 243; The Sacramento County District Attorney offered a felony; The alleged victims' credibility was seriously ... undermined during a preliminary hearing, and The District Attorney dismissed all charges when the case was called to be assigned to a trial court, due to insufficiency of the evidence.
OUTCOME: Acquitted of 3rd DUI after jury trial
Client faced a 3-count misdemeanor complaint; Toxicology report showed presence of two controlled substances and alcohol. Client faced a minimum of 120 days in jail if convicted of the DUI; he rejected ... the Court offer of 190 days before trial, despite potential jail exposure of two years on the charges. After a 3-day trial, the jury acquitted him of the VC 23152(a) DUI charge, meaning the client was able to keep his driver's license (instead of a three-year license revocation) and did not have to take an 18-month DUI school. The DUI acquittal also afforded the client the option of treatment in lieu of jail on two drug-related counts for which guilty verdicts were returned, saving court fines of approximately $2,500.
OUTCOME: Dismissal after opening argument
Client suffered a motorcycle accident in El Dorado County and faced two counts of VC 23153 (DUI causing injury); District Attorney dismissed all charges after jury trial commenced.
OUTCOME: Dismissed by judge
Client charged with felony drug transportation on the Amtrak train in Placer County, along with a co-defendant conductor on the train; Case dismissed after preliminary hearing and a defense 995 motion