Attorney Shannon Haberle's Legal Cases

DUI and DWI

State v. C.G.

May 02, 2017

OUTCOME: DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving

My client was arrest for his first DUI upon being stopped by a police officer for traveling 50 mph in a 35 mph zone. The officer noted that the client’s breath smelled like alcohol, slurred speech, blo ... odshot/watery eyes, etc. The client also admitted to drinking two beers earlier that night. Following the administration of field sobriety exercises, the officer arrested my client for DUI. Upon arriving at the jail, my client provided a breath sample, which indicated his blood alcohol level was .139. Through mitigation, I was able to show the assistant state attorney that my client was an asset to the community, not a threat. I was also able to show that my client performed the field sobriety exercises exceptionally well, which was contrary to the officer’s own conclusion on the night of the arrest. After lengthy discussions with the prosecutor, my client received a with hold of adjudication for reckless driving.

Criminal defense

State v. A.H.

Apr 24, 2017

OUTCOME: Nolle Prose

Our client was accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with more than five (5) women over the course of six (6) months. As is sometimes the case, only one of the alleged incidents was reported a ... t the time it supposedly occurred, as the others were said to have occurred sometime during the several months prior. All of the women who made allegations against our client were his coworkers at the time of the alleged incidents, and claimed the assaults occurred during work hours at their mutual place of employment. After our client was arrested and details of the investigation were made available to us through the discovery process, we began our own investigation into the facts and circumstances of each claim, and quickly discovered tremendous inconsistencies as to each version of events. In addition to these credibility issues, we were able to prove that all of the women lied about not having communication with each other during the initial investigation of their claims—a fact we were able to prove after obtaining phone records, which showed hundreds of texts and calls between all of the alleged victims, as well as others who were listed as witnesses in each case. Our investigation further illustrated that the reason these women were making these false allegations was in hopes of filing a lawsuit against their employer for a big payday. At the conclusion of our investigation, nearly three years after the allegations were made, the case(s) were set for trial. However, in recognition of the many issues we discovered during our investigation of each allegation, the State Attorney’s Office dismissed ALL charges against our client on the morning of jury selection. Though the road to justice was a long one, our belief in our client’s innocence never waivered, and we are proud to say our client walked away a “free man.”

Criminal defense

State v. J.M.

Jan 01, 2017

OUTCOME: Bench Trial; Not Guilty Verdict

Our client was arrested and charged with criminal mischief for allegedly slashing someone’s tire at a public park. After watching his grandson’s tee ball game, our client went to leave the park and not ... iced he was blocked in by another car, which was illegally parked behind him. Our client asked the men in an adjacent tennis court if they could move the car, but no one claimed ownership. As our client struggled to three point turn out of his parking space, the men on the tennis court laughed at and mocked his driving ability. According to the alleged victim, once our client was out of the space, he got out of his vehicle and used a knife to slash the tire of the alleged victim’s car. After our client left the parking lot, the alleged victim called the police to report the incident. After inspecting the alleged victim’s vehicle, the officer listed a Douglas Performance as damaged property, specifically that the tire was slashed. Contrary to standard operating procedure, the officer claimed he did not take any photos of the tire because he did not see any damage. Even though the allegations were not supported by physical evidence, our client was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. After months of investigation without any cooperation from the alleged victim, the court ordered the victim to produce the tire for inspection. Much to our surprise (and contrary to the police report), the alleged victim eventually produced a Primewell tire. With the prosecutor unwilling to drop the charge, the case proceeded to a bench trial. Through cross-examination we were able to discredit the allegations made against our client and the judge ultimately found him not guilty.

DUI and DWI

State v. D.S.

Dec 01, 2016

OUTCOME: Jury Verdict: Not Guilty

Our client was arrested for their 2nd DUI within 6 years upon being stopped by a police officer for running a light red in front of the officer. The officer noted that our client's breath smelled like ... alcohol, and that our client had slurred speech, bloodshot/watery eyes, etc. Our client also admitted to having 5-6 beers that night. The DUI officer called to the scene was a certified Drug Recognition Expert ("DRE"), and arrested our client following the administration of field sobriety exercises. Our client thereafter refused to provide a breath sample after being transported to the jail. At trial, we were able to expose the weaknesses of the arresting officer's investigation, which made it clear that he never gave our client a fair chance and completely failed to consider any other reasons for the way our client appeared that night. We were also able to show the jury that our client performed the field sobriety exercises exceptionally well, contrary to the officer's own conclusion on the night of our client's arrest. At the end of trial, the jury took less than 15 minutes before returning a verdict of NOT GUILTY.

Shannon Haberle's Legal Cases (4)

State v. C.G.

State v. A.H.

State v. J.M.

State v. D.S.