Must Win Case
Apr 13, 2017OUTCOME: Win case, client only pays a fine. Client elated!!!
Client has 3 young kids to support and cannot get convicted or go to jail.
Center Line, MI
Speeding and traffic ticket Lawyer at Center Line, MI
Practice Areas: Speeding & Traffic Ticket, Criminal Defense, Litigation
OUTCOME: Win case, client only pays a fine. Client elated!!!
Client has 3 young kids to support and cannot get convicted or go to jail.
OUTCOME: Both reduced to impeding, 0 points NO abstract
Represented 2 ticketed drivers; 1 in Mason 90/70; other in Lansing.
OUTCOME: Reduced from 35 over to 6 over. Client HAPPY!
Ticket alleges 105 mph. Issuing officer appeared and was upset with driver (client). Supervising officer appeared and, after discussion about challenges to speed agreed to reduction. Judge assessed ... $150 fine for 6 over, client kept license, protected record, and kept insurance rates low. Client very HAPPY with result.
OUTCOME: Dismissed, reduced to non-abstracted parkint ticket .
Client charged with major violation, got case reduced to double parking nonmoving violation. Client happy!!
OUTCOME: Criminal charge reduced to "parking ticket" civil infraction
Client charged with a misdemeanor that would have ruined college career. Was able to convince prosecutor to reduce charge to zero point civil infraction that is not abstracted to driving or criminal r ... ecord.
OUTCOME: Reduced to No Ops, fine only with $1,000 driver responsiblilty fee waived.
Client charged with Driving While License Suspended and inadvertently missed Arraignment Date on 3/5/14. Appeared with client on 3/6/14 resulting in prior non-appearance excused. Negotiated a reduced ... plea to No Operator's License on Person, client was sentence to simple a fine, without jail or probation, after Court noted Defendant made a smart choice to hire Mr. McCandliss work towards clearing up the outstanding charges and suspensions. Court reduced fines by an additional $200 after noting that Defendant is taking-care-of-business by hiring a professional attorney. Defendant was initially certain he was going to jail and thought the matter hopeless and left the Court eager to resolve all other outstanding warrants and suspensions with the help of Mr. McCandliss.
OUTCOME: Plea to reduced charge
Client offered and pled to Operating While Visibly Impaired before charge amended to "superdrunk". Defendant drank 10-12 shots at a party, ran into a snow bank at 4 a.m., refused breath tests and bloo ... d result .19. Mr. McCandliss obtained offer to OWVI dismissing Driving While intoxicated charge before case could be amended to higher offense.
OUTCOME: Reduced from Misdemeanor to Civil Infraction
Defendant charged with reckless driving after followed by off duty officer. Defendant drove badly, officer drover worse in follow-the-leader manner. To avert review of officer conduct, case pled to c ... areless driving.
OUTCOME: Acquittal for Client
3-3-14 trial resulting in acquittal of 2 charges. Defendant was accused of conspiracy and theft. Defendant was with another person who stole from a store. Case was tried before a Jury. Jury deliberate ... d for 1 hour before acquitting Mr. McCandliss' client, while convicting the other Defendant. Mr. McCandliss' cross-examination of witness was pivotal in case outcome.
OUTCOME: Marijuana Possession Dismissed
Client stopped for cracked windshield and police found marijuana in the car and arrested the driver. My client had a license for marijuana, but did not have it with him. I informed the prosecutor that ... I would be moving for dismissal and requesting an evidentiary hearing and we compromised the case with my client pleading "responsible" to a civil infraction for the cracked windshield with marijuana charge to be dismissed upon acceptance by the Judge. The Judge could not stop laughing when I told him --after the case was concluded-- that, in this case, crack is better than marijuana. The client was very happy and told me how much he appreciated the way I handed what could have been a very serious and negative matter.