Waterford Township, MI
Divorce and separation Lawyer at Waterford Township, MI
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Criminal Defense ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Trial court decision affirmed.
This was a 4th Amendment search and seizure case involving a police seizure. The trial court granted defendant's motion to supress the evidence and the case was dismissed. The dismissal was appealed to ... the Michigan Court of Appeals and reversed.
OUTCOME: The summary judgment was affirmed on appeal.
I was hired in Krause vs Redford Township to appeal summary judgment from the United States District Court in Detroit in an excessive police force case. Decedent was involved in a barricaded gunman sit ... uation for several hours. When the Redford PD rushed in, they deployed a "flashbang" device. Gun shots erupted and our client's decedent was shot multiple times, dying from the wounds. On appeal, we argued summary judgment at the trial court was inappropriate because the question of whether the police conduct was reasonable under the circumstances should be submitted for jury consideration.
OUTCOME: Judge dismissed the case against my client.
Our client was charged with assault stemming from an alleged bar brawl. A person that was highly intoxicated was accosting our client's wife in a local bar here in Clarkston, MI. When our client inte ... rvened and asked the man to leave her alone, the man took a swing at our client. In preparing for this trial, we asserted self-defense on behalf of the client and were prepared to take the matter to a jury trial. When the complaining witness did not appear for the scheduled trial, the prosecutor asked for an adjournment; we asked for a dismissal; the judge granted the dismissal.
OUTCOME: Plea agreement to misdemeanor with no jail term.
We defended a client in the Genesee County Circuit Court in Flint, MI who was charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct, third degree [penetration with force or coercion]. We were ... prepared to go to trial and had some good defenses. Our chances for an acquittal were good, but the victim had testified at exam in detail what our client allegedly did to her. She provided a series of detailed [but inconsistent] statements to the police. Although we like our case, an acquittal could not be guaranteed; never can. So we bargained from a position of strength with the assistant prosecutor and on the day of trial, just prior to selecting a jury, the prosecutor finally relented, acquiescing to our demand for a reduction to a circuit court misdemeanor and no jail time. Client was very happy and relieved.
OUTCOME: Conviction Reversed on Appeal
The client in this case was convicted in the Wayne County Circuit Court on a single count of Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd degree and sentenced to 4-years prison. I was the Defendant's court-appointed a ... ppellate counsel. The conviction was overturned, and the Defendant immediately remanded to the trial court to be cut loose from the Michigan Department of Corrections.
OUTCOME: Plea Reduction Offered
This client was initially charged with two counts of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct. After the preliminary exam, the district court judge reduced the case to one count of CSC 3rd degree and one co ... unt of CSC 4th degree. After our extensive motions in the case, just prior to jury trial, the prosecutor offered our client two misdemeanor counts of CSC 4th and a sentence of probation. Unfortunately, the client rejected the offer and we tried the case. He was jury convicted; my first trial loss in four years. Probably should have taken the plea deal, but we never shy away from a client's right to exercise their right to a trial by jury. At sentencing, we were able to convince the judge to sentence our client to the very low end of his guidelines even though the prosecutor wanted the judge to sentence him to the very top of his sentencing guidelines.
OUTCOME: Jury Acquittal
People vs Paige, Charles. This was a domestic assault charge. The case was tried in Oakland Circuit with the jury innovations of allowing jurors to question witnesses following the attorneys' examin ... ation and allowing them to discuss the case during breaks. Client testified on his own behalf.
OUTCOME: 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Affirmed Conviction
U.S. vs Bowers. Defendant appealed his conviction in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dist. of Mich for distributing child sexually-abusive material. Bowers raised a constitutional challenge ... as to how the federal child pornography (jurisdictional) statute applied to his circumstances. The appeal also raised a 4th Amend search & seizure argument. Oral argument was conducted on 01/22/2010 before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Judges Merritt, Moore, and Gibbons. In a unanimous decision, the panel affirmed Bowers' conviction in a published opinion.
OUTCOME: Client charged w/ crack possn acquitted by judge
People vs Nadia, J. This client had received some assistance late one evening from a WB Police officer on patrol. After giving her a lift in his cruiser, the officer later discovered some crack coc ... aine on the floor of his cruiser where my client had been sitting. She insisted that it was not her drugs and refused to plea. As no plea bargain was offered by the Oakland County Prosecutor, she exercised her right to trial. We discussed the prospect of a waiver trial; a trial without jury where the judge serves as the sole trier of the facts in the case. This client was called to testify on her own behalf; a strategic move considering her past struggle with narcotics. She was persuasive and the judge found reasonable doubt that the drugs found in the cruiser were hers. She was acquitted and immediately released from the Oakland County Jail.
OUTCOME: Client charged w/ assault but acquitted by jury.
People vs Ramsey, Keisha. Client tossed two shots at her on-again off-again lover during a heated argument; the second shot struck the man in the foot. Client was charged by the Oakland County Prose ... cutor with assault with intent to do great bodily harm; a four-year felony. She was also charged with felony firearm; a mandatory two-year felony. No reduction in charges was offered by the prosecutor. My client and I were told that the two-year count had to stick thus, my client faced two years in prison. Claiming self defense to the extent that her lover was making threats to destroy her apartment in this altercation, my client could not bring herself to cop a plea. We tried the case to a jury and my client was acquitted. Success came, in part, through the effective cross-examination of the so-called victim whom the jury did not believe. At the end of the trial, my client was free to leave the courtroom.
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