Farmington Hills, MI
Criminal defense Lawyer at Farmington Hills, MI
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Two statements suppressed in murder case, affirmed on appeal.
Defendant in open murder case made two jailhouse statements to the police. Our motion to suppress the statements was granted by the trial court, affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and both the Michigan ... Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court declined to overturn that decision.
OUTCOME: Defendant avoided premeditated murder conviction
Victim was handcuffed to a chair and was stabbed multiple times. Defendant's DNA was found in more than a dozen locations at the scene of the killing. Jury returned verdict of not guilty on premeditat ... ed murder (but guilty of second degree murder)
OUTCOME: Client blew 0.24 but drunk driving case was dismissed.
A citizen tip led to stop of alleged drunk driver. Driver failed all sobriety tests and had a breath alcohol content of 0.24. Case was dismissed on a constitutional violation resulting in suppression o ... f all evidence.
OUTCOME: Defendant caught with 20 individually wrapped baggies of marijuana charged with possession with intent to deliver but convicted by jury of only possession; charge then taken under advisement at sentencing.
Defendant was arrested following a complaint about someone fitting his description selling drugs in the parking lot at Northland Mall. When police stopped him he had 20 individually wrapped baggies of ... marijuana in his pocket, which the prosecution's expert testified was consistent with delivery. Jury returned a verdict of simple possession, and at sentencing defendant received 7411 which ultimately resulted in a dismissal.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of felony OWI-III charges against client who had her kids in the car at the time
Multiple citizen tips led police to pursue a suspected drunk driver who had her minor children in her car. Secured dismissal of felony drunk driving third offense after demonstrating that police offic ... er gave false testimony related to the stop and arrest of defendant.