Bellefonte, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Bellefonte, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: Indictment Avoided
Client was being investigated by the FBI for Health Care Fraud. I intervened immediately and after negotiations and a meeting with the US Prosecutor assigned to the case and the FBI my client was never ... indicted.
OUTCOME: Not guilty at trial
Client charged with two counts of DUI. One based on her BAC and one for incapable of safe driving. I filed a motion to suppress the blood test and it was granted. She went to trial today on the incapab ... le of safe driving charge and was found not guilty.
OUTCOME: DUI Dismissed
Gentleman facing his third offense DUI with a BAC of .25 plus. The sentence he was facing was a mandatory minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 5 years. The blood test results were thrown out. The case the ... n settled for 2 traffic tickets for a total of $50.00 in fines
OUTCOME: Suppression of blood test results
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court case I filed a suppression motion in two of my cases in Clinton County. I won the motion and that will pave the way for many other cases in that county to ha ... ve their blood test results suppressed.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty at trial
Defendant broke up with his girlfriend and ex-girlfriend fabricated an assault.
OUTCOME: DUI case dismissed before trial
My Associate Tami Fees had a DUI totally dismissed by the DA in Clearfield County after she announced her intentions to take the case to trial even though the DA on the case offered her client a lower ... possible punishment.
OUTCOME: Charges dismissed at trial
My Associate Tami Fees handled a two child victim rape case in Huntingdon County. case was scheduled for a two day trial but after just 3 hours the judge dismissed all charges.
OUTCOME: DUI charges withdrawn by the DA.
Client charged with DUI in Union County. His contracting business totally reliant on driver's license. I showed the DA that my client was not in control of his vehicle and the DA withdrew the charges ... completely.
OUTCOME: DUI dismissed
Client was in a rollover accident with an ATV on a road. Charged with DUI. We refused the offer for ARD and litigated the case. DUI was dismissed and my client pled to driving an ATV while impaired whi ... ch is a summary offense with a fine only and no license loss.
OUTCOME: No contest plea and no probation or fine
I was brought in as co-counsel on a synthetic marijuana case. By using my contacts to bring in the top expert in this field plus unrelenting pressure on the district attorney that we would not stipulat ... e to the drugs and in fact challenge the scientific issues the DA offered our client a no contest plea for no fine and no probation. Just a plea and he walks out of the courthouse. Given our client could have received several years in state prison he was happy with ending the case this way and he does not have to deal with the criminal justice system any more.