Hartford, CT
Criminal defense Lawyer at Hartford, CT
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, White Collar Crime ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Reversal - Program reinstated.
Client was granted a diversionary program, which would end in dismissal of the case and erasure of his record. Months later, the judge terminated the program. We appealed, asking the court to reinstate ... the program. The Appellate Court reversed the trial court and reinstated the program to the client. 201 Conn.App. 568 (2020).
OUTCOME: Appellate Court reversed and a new trial ordered
The defendant was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. After the Appellate Court affirmed the conviction, I petitioned for the Supreme Court to review the case. It review ... ed the case, and decided unanimously that the defendant was prejudiced by not being permitted to use certain text messages in his defense at trial. The Supreme Court vacated the conviction and ordered a new trial. S.C. 20250.
OUTCOME: Supreme Court's initial decision reversed, and a new trial ordered
A habeas court granted a new trial to a defendant in a decades old murder case due to ineffective assistance of counsel. The State appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled he should not receive a new ... trial. I filed a Motion to Reconsider, and the Supreme Court granted that motion, reversed its decision, and ordered a new trial. 329 Conn. 1 (2018)
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
I defended a man accused of numerous sexual assaults which he vehemently denied. After trial, in which he faced hundreds of years in prison, the jury acquitted on all counts.
OUTCOME: Decision affirming the order of a new trial
The defendant was accused of bribery and extortion during his time as the Mayor of Hartford. After conviction, the case was appealed to the Appellate Court and ultimately Supreme Court. The Supreme Cou ... rt ruled the defendant's rights were violated because the two cases should have been severed from each other, and ordered a new trial. 322 Conn. 118 (2016)
OUTCOME: Hung jury, plea with a probation sentence.
The defendant was accused by the state of, on tape, hiring someone to kill her ex-husband. We provided evidence that the defendant was under the influence and framed. The jury did not convict, and the ... case ended in a plea with a probation sentence.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
The defendant was accused of planning and driving two individuals to a home invasion, as well as robbery and burglary. Those two individuals testified against the defendant. We successfully excluding e ... vidence regarding the defendant's cellular phone location data, and the case ended in a not guilty verdict.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Retrial of murder case for client who had been convicted in 2015 trial. Client acquitted and released after 10 years in jail. https://www.courant.com/2024/03/12/a-lost-glove-and-unreliable-witness-ct-m ... an-acquitted-in-gang-shooting-after-10-years-in-prison/
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