People v RM
Jun 22, 2010OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Client charged with aggravated assault following altercation at a party. We conducted a jury trial and received a NOT GUILTY verdict after presenting the real story to a jury of RM's peers.
Greenville, MI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Greenville, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Sex Crime
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Client charged with aggravated assault following altercation at a party. We conducted a jury trial and received a NOT GUILTY verdict after presenting the real story to a jury of RM's peers.
OUTCOME: Felony OWI (3rd Offense) reduced to Reckless
We were able to resolve a felony Operating While Intoxicated - 3rd offense with a negotiated plea to Reckless Driving with no jail or probation. After a complete investigation, we were able to dete ... rmine that there were some serious problems with the government's case. We filed a motion to suppress blood test results and reached this settlement with the government prior to litigating the blood test issue.
OUTCOME: Appeal won.
We appealed the issue of whether a sentence for criminal contempt of court may be ordered to run consecutively to the underlying charge where there is no express statutory authorization for the consecu ... tive sentence. On appeal, it was held that imposing a consecutive sentence where there is not express statutory authorization is unlawful and the case was remanded to correct the sentence.
OUTCOME: Hung Jury
This was an assault & battery trial where the "victim" testified that he was crippled and therefore was unable to attack my client. We asserted a defense of self-defense and argued to the jury that ... my client was doing nothing more than defending himself against a sudden unprovoked attack. The jury deliberated for several hours before announcing that they could not reach a verdict. The jury was discharged. After the hung jury, we were able to work out an acceptable resolution that was very favorable to my client.
OUTCOME: Prosecutor Dismissed OWI 2nd
Client was charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense. After reviewing the video and police reports, we decided to file a motion to suppress based on lack of probable cause for the stop. ... After reviewing the evidence against my client, the Prosecutor ended up dismissing the charge.
OUTCOME: OWI reduced to Open Intox.
We filed a motion to suppress the breath test and challenging the arrest in this case. On the morning scheduled for a suppression hearing, the Prosecutor called and offered a plea to an open intoxi ... cants ticket.