Attorney Edward Alexander Laird's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

State v. Lambert. 18th JDC. Point Coupee Parish

Oct 17, 2022

OUTCOME: Reduced to misdemeanor

Client was on probation for domestic abuse battery aggravated assault. Backing up 8 years. He was arrested again and charged with felon in possession of a firearm and aggravated battery. A conviction o ... f either one of those would have resulted I his probation being revoked. After extensive negotiation with the DA, he was allowed to plead to 1 count of simple assault (misdemeanor) with credit for time served. Before pleading him, I checked with the judge who put him on probation to make sure that pleading to this would not revoke him. Once he confirmed it would not, he pled guilty to one count of simple assault and was released.

Criminal defense

State v. Hill. 19th JDC. East Baton Rouge Parish

Oct 21, 2021

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was charged with second degree murder. Client along with his friend were approached by a group of strangers next to a strip mall. The group begins “talking trash” to my client and his friend. Th ... ey respond in kind. One of the men in the group pulls a gun. My client’s friend pulls his gun and shoots and kills the man in self defense. Both my client and his friend were charged with second degree murder. After an extensive investigation, I met with the assistant district attorney assigned to the case and explained why she should refuse to charge my client. They ended up dropping the charges about a month later.

Criminal defense

State v. Norwood. 21st JDC, Tangipahoa Parish

Oct 19, 2021

OUTCOME: Charges dismissed

Client was involved with a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. He was charged with armed robbery, simple kidnapping, domestic abuse battery w/ strangulation and child endangerment. His bond was set a ... t over $100,000. Upon interviewing the client it was clear he was intoxicated during the incident and that he suffered from alcoholism. I filed a motion to reduce bond on the condition that he attend treatment. The judge lowered the bond to $5000. Client completed treatment. I then negotiated with the DA to drop all charges.

Criminal defense

State v. Bergeron, 18th JDC, Iberville Parish

Mar 02, 2021

OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY

Client was charged with simple battery and aggravated assault. Client was falsely accused on stealing another man’s crawfish traps. The other man confronted my client at a bait shop, slapping him acros ... s the face. The man then confronted him again at a mutual friend’s house. My client made every effort to remove himself from the situation but ultimately used force to defend himself. Client was found not guilty at trial.

Criminal defense

State v. McMorris. 21st JDC. Livingston Parish

Feb 25, 2021

OUTCOME: Drug Court

Client was arrested for felony possession of meth. Because he was on felony probation, a probation hold was put on him, preventing him from bonding out of jail. It is extremely difficult to get the hol ... d lifted. I reserved him a bed at an inpatient treatment center, spoke with the probation officer and the DA and then filed a motion to lift the hold on the basis that immediately attend treatment upon being released. It was granted and he was released. I then negotiated with the DA and probation officer to allow my client to be accepted into drug court. This allowed him the chance to avoid jail and another felony conviction

Criminal defense

State v. Etheridge, 20th JDC. West Feliciana Parish

Dec 17, 2020

OUTCOME: Pretrial Diversion

Client was charged with felony possession with intent to distribute Sch. 3 CDS drugs and felony illegal carrying of a firearm. Upon receiving discovery from the DA, I closely examined both the police r ... eports and the dashcam/bodycam footage. It became clear that what the officer put in his report and the camera footage did not match up. I filed a Motion To Suppress based on this. Before court on the day of the motion hearing, I spoke with the DA and she let him do Pretrial diversion, which is very uncommon for these types of felonies.

Edward Alexander Laird's Legal Cases (6)

State v. Lambert. 18th JDC. Point Coupee Parish

State v. Hill. 19th JDC. East Baton Rouge Parish

State v. Norwood. 21st JDC, Tangipahoa Parish

State v. Bergeron, 18th JDC, Iberville Parish

State v. McMorris. 21st JDC. Livingston Parish

State v. Etheridge, 20th JDC. West Feliciana Parish