Westerville, OH
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Westerville, OH
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Charges Reduced
Client was stopped for speeding, arrested for OVI and refused a breath test. The case proceeded to a Suppression Hearing and the Judge ultimately dismissed a large portion of the evidence. As a resul ... t, the prosecutor agreed to amend the OVI charge to Reckless Operation and dismissed the speeding violation.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
My client's house in Powell, Ohio, was subject to a joint search warrant raid by the Powell Police and State Fire Marshall. Inside the residence, law enforcement confiscated thousands of dollars worth ... of 1.4G fireworks., which they alleged to be illegal. I filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence based upon an unlawful search and seizure. The case proceeded to a full Suppression Hearing. After the hearing was over, the prosecutor agreed to dismiss the case.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty / Guilty
My Client was charged with the Rape and Gross Sexual Imposition of three (3) female minors. I was able to separate the cases by the alleged victims and have 2 of the 3 cases dismissed outright against ... my client. The case involving the 3rd minor proceeded to a week long jury trial with my client facing 35-64 years in prison. At the close of the State's evidence, I moved to dismiss the case for lack of sufficient evidence and was successful in convincing the Judge to dismiss some of the charges at that point in time. Nevertheless, some of the charges remained and so the defense put on several witnesses to rebut the State's evidence. After deliberating for 2 days, the jury returned a mixed verdict of not guilty on some counts, but guilty on others. In the end, my client was sentenced to only a minimum of 14 years in prison.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty / Guilty
Client was charged with Assault arising out of a bar fight in Westerville, Ohio. Client was attacked by an aggressor, but retaliated in self-defense and injured a third party who voluntarily intervene ... d. The jury found my client guilty of a Reckless Assault, but my client was not convicted of the intentional Assault.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity
Client was charged with felony Shoplifting at Macy's in the Polaris Mall in Columbus (Delaware County, Ohio). My client was under the influence of a combination of prescription drugs at the time of th ... e offense and I filed a Plea of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity. The court ordered that my client be evaluated by a forensic psychiatrist at NetCare regarding her mental capacity at the time of the alleged crime. The Psychiatrist testified that my client could not appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions at the time that she committed the offense and, as a result of the expert testimony, the Judge found my client Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Client was charged with Assault and Disorderly Conduct after he fired his secretary and his secretary later retaliated by filing false charges against him. Case proceeded to trial with eye witness te ... stimony for the defense and my client was found to be Not Guilty on all charges.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
My client was a 19 year old student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. My client went to the bars with friends one weekend night, met a girl and continued to hang out with her at numerous public loc ... ations before spending the night at his apartment. When the alleged victim woke up naked in his apartment and had no memory of the night before, she ran out of his apartment screaming that she had been raped. The Oxford police charged my client with Rape and accused him of having slipped the girl a "date rape drug". There was no evidence of drugs in the victim's system , no evidence of sexual conduct and several eye witnesses for the defense. The case proceeded to a Preliminary (Probable Cause) Hearing and the judge ALMOST dismissed all of the charges at that time. Nevertheless, I did enough damage to the State's case that a grand jury later refused to indict my client. The Rape (and all other charges) were dropped against my client.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Served as co-counsel for a client who was charged with Domestic Violence and Assault. The case proceeded to a three (3) day jury trial and the jury ultimately returned a verdict of Not Guilty on all c ... ounts.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
My client was charged with Failure to Obey a Traffic Signal. My client's vehicle and another vehicle collided in an intersection causing significant damage and injuries to both parties. Sheriff Deput ... ies arriving on scene cited my client for the violation. Defense theory was that the driver of the other vehicle, and not my client, failed to obey the stop sign and caused the accident. The case proceeded to trial and my client was found to be Not Guilty.
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