Troy, MI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Troy, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Criminal case dismissed; resolved as a civil infraction
The client faced an OWI charge after field sobriety tests and a .09 preliminary breath test. We filed a motion to suppress all evidence because of mistakes officers made during the arrest. On the day o ... f the motion hearing, the prosecutor offered a civil infraction with a $205 fine. No criminal conviction; the criminal case was dismissed.
OUTCOME: Felony reduced to a civil infraction
Police stopped the client while he was carrying a loaded firearm; his concealed pistol license had recently expired. We convinced the prosecutor's office to reduce the felony to a civil infraction.
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed
We filed a motion to suppress evidence. Police video and audio showed the client was threatened and coerced into consenting to a search of his home. After receiving our motion and reviewing the recordi ... ngs, the prosecutor dismissed the charges.
OUTCOME: Dismissed at preliminary exam
The prosecutor tried to rely on the complainant's statements made at the hospital, which violated the client's constitutional Confrontation Clause rights. The court granted our motion to dismiss at the ... preliminary exam stage.
OUTCOME: Acquitted on all three counts
At trial, we showed that the State forensic interviewer inappropriately influenced the complainant and that the officer in charge destroyed evidence potentially helpful to the defense. The jury acquitt ... ed the client on all three counts.
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