Douglas, GA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Douglas, GA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: 245 seperate felony charges DISMISSED. Client pled to 5 misdemeanors which were discharged upon payment of a $5,000 fine, saving client's medical license and keeping medical board action off of client's record.
Client, a medical doctor, was charged with TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE felony drug crimes. This case was thoroughly litigated (and resolved) with extensive, technical pretrial motions. Co-counsel was L. Dav ... id Wolfe, Esq.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, NOT GUILTY of the lesser included of possession of felony quantity of marijuana, NOT GUILTY of lesser included of possession of misdemeanor amount of marijuana.
Client was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. When he was arrested, marijuana was allegedly found in numerous locations on his property, inside his house, and in his car.
OUTCOME: After a hearing on our pre-trial motion, the DUI charges were dismissed.
Driver was stopped by a law enforcement officer who observed him cross over the lane divider on a curve. After the driver was stopped, the officer called for backup officers. The first backup officer ... who responded briefly spoke to the driver and then left. Additional backup was requested. When a second backup officer arrived, the officer who had stopped the driver told him she made observations consistent with DUI. The driver was arrested. Thorough investigation revealed that the officer who stopped the driver told the first agency that she radioed that she had not observed any indication of alcohol use or DUI. We then discovered that the officer may have used the unusually long stop in this case in order to accrue comp-time. We moved to suppress the evidence of DUI, and vigorously litigated the issue of the improper stop.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict of NOT GUILTY of DUI
"Disconnect" case. Police agreed that client drove without committing traffic infractions, and showed virtually no indicators of impairment. Breath test results were inconsistent with these observati ... ons, causing us to believe that it had been administered improperly. Investigation revealed that the intoxilyzer had in fact been operated in a manner that could produce false high results, and because the police did not comply with the statutory implied consent scheme, was thrown out prior to trial.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict of NOT GUILTY of DUI
State trooper responded to a single-car wreck. The injured driver refused to submit to roadside field tests and was placed under arrest. At trial the trooper, who is a highly-experienced DUI investig ... ations instructor, told the jury about numerous observations that would prove that the driver was impaired. This testimony was completely disproved with evidence obtained through thorough investigation.
OUTCOME: Sentence REVERSED
The defendant was originally charged with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, but entered a plea to a lesser charge. The defendant's sentence on the lesser charge was reversed based on the government ... 's failure to establish the number of "plants" of marijuana as that term is defined by the United States Sentencing Guidelines.
OUTCOME: Jury verdict of NOT GUILTY of DUI and all other counts.
The defendant was charged with 2 counts of DUI and with open container following a three-car collision. The state-administered breath test showed a result of .18 BAC, ad this result was admitted for t ... he jury's consideration. The court entered a directed verdict on the open container charge, and after deliberating for about 30 minutes, the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" on both DUI counts.
OUTCOME: DUI charges DISMISSED during jury trial.
The defendant was involved in a single-car rollover accident. She was taken to a nearby hospital, and the Georgia State Patrol obtained a blood sample that led to a .20 BAC test result by the GBI Div. ... of Forensic Sciences. Immediately before opening arguments, I moved to prevent the State from using the blood test result. The court granted my motion, and the prosecution dismissed the DUI charges.
OUTCOME: Affirmed, but the case is still subject of scholarly debate.
Raised issue of first impression in Georgia: whether the civil foundation for expert testimony or the criminal foundation for expert testimony would be required in a probation revocation hearing.
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