Baton Rouge, LA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Baton Rouge, LA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family ... +7 more
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor.
Client was arrested for stealing scrap metal from a local business along with a co-defendant. I was appointed by the Court to represent this person, pro bono, as he could not afford an attorney. We p ... repared for trial by reviewing the police reports and attempting to find holes in the police's case. At the trial, the City could not produce the witnesses to support their case and was compelled to dismiss.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor.
Client was arrested for allegedly starting a fight with others and they claimed he had a gun as well. We were able to investigate the matter and intervene early for our client and get this case dismis ... sed quickly.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by the prosecutor after completion of treatment and mitigation provided to the State.
Client arrested for felony of forging prescriptions in order to fraudulently obtain pills to feed her addiction. Client agreed to seek and complete serious drug treatment and changed her people, place ... s and things. She is a true success story and has made a complete turnaround exhibiting several months of sobriety, and now looks forward to enrolling in college to pursue a career! The District Attorney agreed to drop all the felony charges against her due to the treatment and mitigation provided and he was highly professional in our dealings. We had to show serious changes and my client did!
OUTCOME: Detective recalled the arrest warrant and my client was not arrested. All charges dropped.
Client was advised he had a felony arrest warrant. I met with client and I spoke with the detective asking about whether he would be interested in hearing the "rest of the story" as my client was inno ... cent. Fortunately, we had an experienced and highly professional detective we were dealing with and he allowed us to present both physical evidence and witnesses which completely contradicted the allegations in the complaint, and the detective recalled the arrest warrant. Recalling an arrest warrant in Baton Rouge is like finding a dime on the road, in the dark of the night, after all the power goes down, when we are in the middle of a hurricane!
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor.
Client was arrested after police raided his apartment "based upon a complaint," and upon entry, claimed to smell marijuana. A search resulted in the discovery of an AR and another firearm. The DA's o ... ffice charged my client with possession of marijuana while in possession of a firearm which has a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in jail if convicted. Our client met with us quickly after he was arrested and we developed a plan to attack the legality of the search and also provide the DA's office with a significant mitigation package concerning our client's background. After meeting with the ADA and discussing the facts, the questions on the search and the rest of the information concerning our client, the ADA agreed to dismiss the case if our client forfeited the two weapons that were seized in the raid. Our client was pleased and all charges were dismissed.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor after completion of special conditions.
Client was arrested for domestic abuse battery and child endangerment. We met with client and developed a response plan which would enable him to have an opportunity to have the charges possibly throw ... n out. The ADA agreed to meet with me and after a thorough review of the evidence, mitigation provided by my client and his willingness to pro-actively perform special conditions, the case was dismissed. This case, due to our quick intervention, was able to be opened and closed within 45 days which was remarkable and now our client can move forward with his life without feeling trapped by the judicial system.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by the prosecutor after completion of treatment and mitigation evidence provided to the State.
My client was arrested for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine The client was busted in their apartment with the use of a confidential informant by law enforcement who then executed a ... search in the apartment and found approximately 28 grams of meth along with a ledger and other paraphernalia. We intervened early with the DA's office who then agreed to charge her with the reduced offense of possession, which although still a serious felony, greatly limited the client's exposure. We filed several motions to engage the DA's office in our legal defense for our client. We worked very diligently over a long period of time with our client to get drug treatment and to make the changes needed in order to live a responsible life. At the end of a comprehensive course of mitigation and several court proceedings, the DA office agreed to dismiss the felony case.
OUTCOME: State dismissed the PWID Heroin case and agreed to no bill the second possession of heroin arrest and client was released from all charges.
Client, who was already a convicted felon, was arrested for distribution of heroin, and possession of schedule 2 and 4 drugs when police conducted a raid on his residence. Client admitted to police th ... at the heroin was his in a verbal statement. Therefore, client was facing basically the rest of his life in jail if convicted. We worked with client to assist in his bonding out of jail and immediately went to work to defend him in this case. Unfortunately, the DEA really wanted our client and then pulled up an old criminal complaint that pre-dated this arrest and arrested him again. We were able to show the judge that this should not be considered as grounds to revoke his bond as this alleged incident did not occur while he was on bond. In meeting with the prosecutor, we made a strong effort to mitigate these charges and presented the State with legal challenges to both of these incidents. We kept up this work, with the support and good behavior of our client, who stayed working, participated in treatment and remained free from ALL brushes with the law for two years. At the end of this work, the State agreed to dismiss the active felony charges and honor their "no billing" of the second arrest.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed by prosecutor.
Clients were arrested for simple robbery, possession of marijuana and battery involving one of our clients' daughter's boyfriend. The complainant used the police in an act of vengeance to get our clie ... nts into trouble with the law. We intervened early with our clients and built a factual defense and also a mitigation package which we presented to the DA office. This had the affect of first at the charging stage and our clients were only charged with misdemeanors. Next, after a month of meeting and discussing with the DA office, with the team effort involving another excellent attorney in our firm, Scott Nettles, the prosecutor agreed to dismiss all of the remaining charges.
OUTCOME: Client got probation as a 3rd felony offender instead of sentenced to jail!
Client was facing multiple felony charges for three different incidents and was a third felony offender. THEN, client got arrested again when his parole officer showed up with other law enforcement fo ... r a home visit and found heroin, meth and suboxone, $3300 cash and a digital scale. Client arrested this time for PWID Sch I (Meth), PWID Sch IV (Suboxone) and Poss Sch I (Heroin). We had been trying to minimize our client's exposure and convince the ADA that he was an addict and this new arrest could have placed an immovable object in our path for him. However , we didn't quit fighting for him. Our client had been through numerous difficulties in his life and I wanted to try and do all I could to try and save him. We then worked out a package deal which resulted in the State waiving the habitual offender bill and being sentenced by the judge alone. At sentencing, the judge said for my client to be ready to do 7-9 years in prison with all of this criminal conduct and his extensive arrest and conviction history. We then went to work on detailing a comprehensive mitigation package for sentencing which included completion of rehab and also that he had remained arrest free for a significant period since his last arrest that got him into this deepest legal quagmire. The judge considered all of this and she sentenced him to 3 years probation, and suspended any jail time, with several conditions for him to successfully complete. No, it will be up to our client to complete these conditions OR he will go to jail for a LONG time as the judge held a bunch of years over his head as a significant inducement to him to fly right, from now forward. BJB in court today w/ client for round 2 to enter plea. The guilty plea consisted of the following charges: Case 1: client PG to simple burglary, State dismissed count 2 burglary. Case 2: client PG responsive to simple burglary down from SBID and responsive to attempt 95.1. Dismissed counts 3 and 4. Case 3: PGAC to Felony Theft. Case 4: PG to Poss Meth and dismissed Heroin and Suboxone counts on the bill. CLIENT VERY HAPPY!