Bloomfield Hills, MI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Bloomfield Hills, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Evidence Suppressed - Case Dismissed
In this drunk driving case, a police officer testified that our client was weaving and that he went through a red light without completely stopping. Rockind cross examined the police officer proving t ... hat the allegations were without support, challenged the officer's credibility and showed that the officer and prosecutor were just adding reasons to try and save the stop.
OUTCOME: Judge Somers, the Dearborn judge who ordered that the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act was unconstitutional, is disqualified.
This is a medical marijuana case in which a Dearborn resident and registered qualifying patient was arrested by the Dearborn Police Department for possession of marijuana. The case was assigned to the ... Hon. Marc Somers, a judge who had previously ruled that the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act was unconstitutional. Neil Rockind mounted a challenge to Judge Somers presiding over the case. Rockind argued that Somers should be disqualified from hearing the case.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
The first ever medical marijuana dispensary prosecution in the State of Michigan occurred in the case of Michigan v Richmond. The case became known as the Clinical Relief case, after the name of the d ... ispensary (Clinical Relief). Neil Rockind represented one of the owners of the facility in a Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana case.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property over 1,000 (a felony)
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed: The Court ruled that marijuana was no longer a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance in Michigan and that the statute violated Equal Protection
Operating with the Presence of a Controlled Substance in Body, i.e., OUID or OUICS. In this case case, we raised two (2) novel challenges: 1) that Marijuana was no longer a controlled substance in Mic ... higan due to the Medical Marijuana Act and 2) that the OUID law violates the Equal Protection Clause.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
In this Medical Marijuana and Weapons Case, the police found marijuana growing in our client's home and found several weapons. After a lengthy evidentiary hearing challenging the admissibility of evid ... ence, a trial judge granted our motion to suppress and excluded the evidence.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
A domestic violence case in which the prosecutor obtained a favorable ruling allowing it to use a 911 call to the police by the complainant.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Arson of real property. Insurance fraud. False pretenses. The cross examination of the state's expert witness was so devastating that the prosecutor moved to dismiss the case in the middle of the ju ... ry trial.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty - Acquittal
This drunk driving case involved a client who was arrested after stopping his vehicle on a highway in a city known for heavy policing and in a jurisdiction known for little tolerance of alleged drunk d ... rivers. A combative client and a blood test over the legal limit were two (2) of the many issues to combat at trial. The prosecution called three (3) experts at trial.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
A multi-defendant, kilo-quantity, international drug conspiracy case in which client was charged with Conspiracy to Deliver 1000 grams or more Cocaine, a capital offense in Michigan. Following a 2 wee ... k trial, my client was acquitted of all charges.