Battery Case Dismissed
Jun 06, 2017OUTCOME: Dismissed the day of trial.
State charges Defendant with numerous crimes including a felony strangulation with no evidence except the statement of the alleged victim.
Marcelino Gustav Lopez's Legal Cases (20)
Indianapolis, IN
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Indianapolis, IN
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
Misdemeanor Case dismissed
May 08, 2017OUTCOME: Dismissed the day of trial
Young woman hired Attorney Marc Lopez because she was facing two criminal charges in two different counties. The prosecutor in the county where she was charged with a felony agreed that if the misdemea ... nor case was dismissed he would reduce the felony to a misdemeanor. Depositions were done and the case was prepared for trial.
Drunk Driver Found Outside Vehicle
May 05, 2017OUTCOME: Not Guilty on all counts. Despite circumstantial evidence, Judge finds lack of operation and no actual or constructive possession of marijuana.
A young woman is approached by police outside of her vehicle, which had been driven off into the grass. Young woman makes no admissions, but the vehicle is hers. Officer arrests young woman and State o ... f Indiana charges her with Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. Search of vehicle turns up marijuana in center console. Also charged with possession.
Driver in crashed vehicle accused of Drunk Driving
May 02, 2017OUTCOME: Not Guilty on all counts.
An off duty officer calls 911 to report a crashed vehicle. Uniformed officers arrive and obtain information from the off duty officer about the driver. At trial the off duty officer was not ordered to ... appear. This raised numerous issues including whether or not Miranda was read to the Defendant and whether or not Defendant's right of confrontation was violated.
Foreign Student Accused of Drug Possession
Apr 25, 2017OUTCOME: Successfully dismissed after Defendant took drug class and finished community service.
A foreign student in the US legally was charged with drug possession. Despite no previous history, the State was attempting to make an example out of him with a very harsh punishment. The reason was b ... ecause there was weak evidence that the student drove to the location where he was arrested while high on drugs. All officers involved were brought into the attorney's office for deposition and inconsistencies were found. Case was set for trial.
Not Guilty on OVWI / DUI Charges
Feb 26, 2017OUTCOME: Not guilty
Gentleman is asked to leave local bar. Police are called and told he just left. Officers find same man in his parked car about 2 blocks south of the bar. Highly intoxicated. State files DUI / OVWI Char ... ges. At bench trial state cannot prove that man drove his vehicle to that location. Not Guilty.
Jury finds not guilty on felony neglect
Feb 23, 2017OUTCOME: Not Gulity on Felony Neglect of a Dependent.
Parents in town for a convention are arrested for neglect of a dependent and public intoxication after police are called on reports mother is drinking with an infant at the bar. Felony charges are file ... d. After a two-day jury trial, the jury deliberates for less than 20 minutes to determine both mother and father are "Not Guilty" of all charges.
DUI reduced to Public Intoxication
Jan 06, 2017OUTCOME: DUI charge reduced to Public Intoxication
Drunk driver is arrested for DUI / OVWI. Discrepancies in police report and breath testing machine data result in offer of public intoxication instead of DUI / OVWI.
DUI with Crash
Jul 01, 2016OUTCOME: Not guilty of on all counts. Judge expressed frustration that State was confused on multiple details in this case. And while the Judge believed in his heart that Defendant drove drunk that night the State did not meet their burden.
Officers respond to the scene of a crashed vehicle. Evidence does not suggest a time frame for when the crash occurred, only when officers arrive on scene. Three officers testify and all three state wh ... en they arrive Defendant and another officer are already engaged in conversation. There is no evidence if this initial interaction with Defendant and police in custodial or merely investigatory.
Indianapolis Doctor accused of DUI / OVWI
Nov 19, 2015OUTCOME: Not guilty of on all counts.
A young doctor leaving a mandatory work function is stopped by police in Broadripple. When asked how much she has had to drink the young doctor says, jokingly, "not enough to have been hanging out wi ... th my boss." Even though there are no other signs of intoxication, because she "admitted" to drinking she is taken for a blood draw. Her blood comes back at .08. State will not offer anything other than a DUI / OVWI Plea. Because of the risk to her license, young doctor accepts Atty. Lopez's advice and proceeds to jury trial. Atty. Lopez brings to light numerous problems with the State blood draw, including chain of custody, the untrained nurse who drew the blood and the sloppy record keeping of the chemist.
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