Santa Rosa, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Santa Rosa, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury
OUTCOME: Hung Jury - Case then dismissed
After the defense having hung the jury the first time 6-6, the District Attorney decided they should take another crack at it. This time, the jury still came back hung, only 9-3 in favor of the defense ... . Having suffered back to back defeats, the DA ultimately dismissed the case.
OUTCOME: Hung Jury
My client and two others were charged with violations of Penal Code Sections 211, (Robbery) 459, (First Degree Burglary) 236 (False Imprisonment) and Vehicle Code Section 10851. (Felony Vehicle Theft) ... After a two week jury trial, the panel returned deadlocked. Jurors reported that they were split 6-6 on the charges. A mistrial was declared. At the time of writing this, we await retrial on this important case.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by DA after three court dates
.08 BAC by breath in Sonoma County.
OUTCOME: The judge determined, after a hearing on the matter, that there was insufficient evidence to find a probation violation.
Client was accused of contacting a protected victim in a Domestic Violence matter, in violation of his probation. A finding of a violation could have ended up with him in custody for a lengthy period o ... f time.
OUTCOME: Evidence suppressed
Client and co-defendant were pulled over; their car was searched and four guns were found. We filed a suppression motion (Penal Code Section 1538.5) The judge granted the motion and the weapons were su ... ppressed.
OUTCOME: Serna motion granted, CASE DISMISSED.
Client had a four year old DUI that he brought to the office of a skilled colleague and also my office. We looked at the case and knew immediately that a "Serna" motion for dismissal on the basis of la ... ck of prosecution was the was to go.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor on the eve of trial.
Client was charged with a violation of Vehicle Code Section 23152(e), driving while intoxicated from drugs.
OUTCOME: Client plead no contest to possession "for personal use," a much less serious misdemeanor offense.
Client was facing possession of cocaine for sale, a serious felony offense.
OUTCOME: After a three month jury trial, client was fount not guilty on all charges.
Client was accused of the following penal code violations which stemmed from an altercation in a Lakeport Casino: 186.22(a) (Participation in a Criminal Street Gang), 245(a)(1) (assault with the intent ... to do "great bodily injury"), two counts of Penal Code Section 242 Battery with gang enhancements and one count of Penal Code Section 415 (fighting in public) also with a gang enhancement.
OUTCOME: Client paid a fine of $196
Client was arrested for a violation of Penal Code Section 22210 - possession of an illegal "billy." After preliminary hearing, the case was reduced to a misdemeanor. We proceeded to assert his trial r ... ights in misdemeanor court, where the DA finally and ultimately dismissed all criminal charges in exchange for a guilty plea to a traffic infraction.
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