Phila, PA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Phila, PA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: After five day jury trial, clients found Not Guilty of all charges
Client was charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder for shooting decedent at close range and then firing 8 shots at decedent's three friends across the street. Theory of d ... efense: self defense.
OUTCOME: After 5 day jury trial, defendant found Not Guilty of all charges
Client Charged with Attempted Murder after being identified by complainant as firing 5 shots at him from close range, injuring him profoundly. Theory of defense: mis-identification.
OUTCOME: Mid way through jury trial, Maran brought a successful challenge against the prosecutor for with holding exculpatory evidence. Motion for Mistrial with Prejudice granted.
This high profile prosecution involved allegations of a gang rape at Lincoln University brought against 4 fellow students. The prosecution said the victim in the case, an 18-year-old freshman at the s ... outhern Chester County school, was so intoxicated that she did not realize what had happened to her that night, let alone give her consent to having sex with the three defendants. The question is not "whether she doesn't remember," said attorney Mary T. Maran of Philadelphia, who represents Eric Goodwin, but rather "whether she doesn't want to admit that she had group sex. It is crude. It is crass. It is not loving. But is it illegal? No." Maran told the jurors that the sex that night had been consensual, and that the woman had not thought to complain to authorities until prodded by her girlfriends
OUTCOME: After 5 day jury trial, defendant found Not Guilty of all charges
Client charged with Trafficking over 3 kilos of cocaine in parcel interdiction case. Theory of defense: client lacked knowledge, dominion and control of the the contents of the parcel.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty all charges. This matter concluded with the successful civil rights suit against the City of Philadelphia for the excessive force used by police officers.
Three men who were filmed being beaten and kicked by Philadelphia police last year were found not guilty today on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and conspiracy. Dwayne Dyches, 26; Bri ... an Hall, 24; and Pete Hopkins, 20, were charged in a May 5, 2008, shoot-out in the city's Feltonville section in which three people were wounded. The three men allegedly led police on a 21/2-mile chase that ended when police yanked them from Hall's Mercury Grand Marquis near Second and Pike Streets, then beat and kicked them as a Fox29 helicopter captured the scene on tape. After the verdict was announced, the packed courtroom erupted in cheers from the defendants' supporters. "We obviously pleased with the verdict. There were a lot of inconsistencies . . . and I'm glad the jury saw it that way," said the attorney for Hopkins, Mary T. Maran. In closing arguments yesterday, Mary said the lone witness to the shoot-out gave conflicting reports that could not be trusted. In addition, Maran said the "media frenzy" that resulted from the televised beating created a "major problem" for Philadelphia police that could be fixed only if all three men were prosecuted for attempted murder.
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