State of Gergia vs. Mr. B
May 16, 2016OUTCOME: case dismissed!
Mr. B was charged with burglary and for being in violation of his probation (he still had two years left on felony probation from an earlier theft conviction). The state just knew that they had the rig ... ht guy and that my client was guilty. They wouldnt even think about making a decent plea offer so we went to court. On the day of the probation hearing they tried to stack the deck against us. The state called 6 witnesses; police officers, investigators, the home owner, everyone they could get their hands on. One at a time I cross examined them all and slowly but surely weakened the case they were trying to build. I deftly exposed the subtle inconsistencies of the individual stories and knocked enough holes that the judge could see through to the lies. We called no witnesses and my client didnt take the stand to testify himself. In the end the judge found that with all the holes I had picked in the state's case not only was my client not in violation of his probation, but he set a $0 bond for the underlying charges and allowed him to go home that very day. Not only did we prove that my guy was not guilty of a burglary, we went on the offense and were able to show that there wasnt even enough evidence to show that a burglary even took place! We won so overwhelmingly, in fact, that the people in the courtroom stood up and applauded me, even those with no connection to my client or the case! My client is a free man because of how hard I fought for him, and I am proud to fight equally hard for each one of my clients!
