Madison, WI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Madison, WI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Dismissal of prosecutor's appeal of OWI/PAC dismissal.
Dismissal of City's appeal of OWI/PAC dismissal in municipal court after filing defense motion to dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
OUTCOME: OWI and PAC charges dismissed at trial.
OWI/PAC charges dismissed at trial after the court granted the defense motion to suppress sobriety and breath alcohol test results due to the prior, unlawful arrest of my client.
OUTCOME: Felony conviction vacted on appeal, search warrant results suppressed and motion for new trial granted
Post-Conviction Motion for New Trial granted where judge agreed that he did not act as a properly detached and neutral magistrate in issuing search warrant, that evidence should have been suppressed an ... d good faith action of officers did not operate as an exception to the exclusionary rule in this case.
OUTCOME: Felony substantial battery amended to misdemeanor offense.
Charge of felony substantial battery amended to misdemeanor offense and requested restitution of $7,891.91 reduced to $400 by negotiated settlement.
OUTCOME: Domestic violence offense amended to county ordinance violation
Criminal disorderly conduct (domestic violence) charge which can result in a prohibition against possessing firearms, amended to non-criminal county ordinance violation of trespass to dwelling. Throug ... h careful preparation I was able to convince the prosecutor that while there may have been an uninvited reentry of another person's home, there was a possible statutory defense. to that entry and that the alleged victim lied about assault to avoid arrest for assaulting the defendant and damaging his property.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of domestic battery and deferred prosecution on disorderly conduct.
Domestic Battery charge which would have prevented client from becoming a police officer was dismissed and client placed in deferred prosecution program on disorderly conduct charge with possibility of ... ultimate dismissal of that charge as well. Negotiated settlement which achieved objectives of all parties.
OUTCOME: Narcotics delivery convictions overturned and vacated on appeal.
As post-conviction/appellate counsel: Client was convicted by a jury on three counts of felony narcotics delivery and sentenced to two years in jail followed by five years on probation. On post-conv ... iction motion the convictions were overturned due to improper jury instruction on the defense of entrapment. On return for new trial, case was resolved with a plea to 18 months probation on a single count of narcotics delivery. On return for new trial the prior
OUTCOME: Dismissed on prosecutor's motion.
Charge of carrying a concealed weapon within jail as a repeat offender dismissed after filing of motion to dismiss on insufficient allegations to support the charge in the criminal information.
OUTCOME: Negotiated to be charged as a misdemeanor causing injury by driving under the influence of controlled substance
Working as co-counsel, succeeded in demonstrating to prosecutor that detected level of THC in driver's blood insufficient to cause any impairment. Client initially charged with felony causing serious ... bodily injury while driving with a detectable level of THC, reduced to a misdemeanor through pre-charging negotiations.
OUTCOME: WI Supreme Court petition for review granted.
Petition for review to the Wisconsin Supreme Court granted..