Our client was riding in a car with friends, when they were pulled over. After questioning the driver, the officer found marijuana on the ground, and stuck it on our client. After reviewing the police ...report, Temani knew that there was no evidence to provide that the marijuana belonged to our client. Temani setup a meeting with the prosecutor to discuss the case. During their meeting, the prosecutor agreed that there was no evidence to prove that our client possessed marijuana. The charges were dismissed.
Criminal defense
State of Texas v. J.A.
N/A
OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed
While on felony probation, our client was arrested for, and charged with, two (2) felony drug charges and a probation violation. The State alleged that our client sold prescription Xanax, and marijuana... in a house located near an elementary school.
In reality, our client fell asleep at a neighbor’s home, after mistakenly being locked out of his house. While asleep, the neighbor’s house was raided by the police and drugs were found. Our client and two (2) other occupants were arrested and charged. Our client immediately called Temani.
Temani used a pre-trial hearing, known as an examining trial, to obtain the testimony of the lead detective. Temani began by having the officer admit that the “drug free zone” enhancement that the State used to enhance the charge was bogus, because the alleged school had been closed for years. Through effective cross examination, Temani was also able to force the officer to admit that our client did not live in the home where the drugs were found, was not in the room where the drugs were found, and that he was asleep in a spare bedroom when officers entered the home. After producing the record from the hearing, Temani was able to have the drug charge dismissed, and have the client’s probation reinstated without any jail time.
Criminal defense
State of Texas v. R. J.
N/A
OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed
Our client was arrested for, and charged with, two (2) felony counts of Manufacturing and Delivering a Controlled Substance, after hanging out at a friend’s house that was subsequently raided. Due to h...is criminal record, before retaining Temani, our client was held in the county jail for months with a high bond. Once he retained our office, Temani had the client’s bond reduced, and he was released from jail the same day.
After several contentious court settings, and a plowing through a large volume of evidence, Temani was able to prove that our client was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite, Temani using the State’s own evidence to come to this conclusion, the State refused to dismiss the charges. After showing that the State’s own witnesses, and the lead police detective agreed that our client had nothing to do with any drug activity, our client was cited with a ticket, and the felony charges were dismissed.
Criminal defense
State of Texas v. J. H.
N/A
OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed
While completing a two (2) year probation, our client was arrested for, and charged with the felony of Unauthorized Absence from Correctional Facility. The State alleged that our client failed to compl...y with a condition of his probation, that required him to complete fifteen days (15) days in jail. Temani produced certified documents, proving that the court modified the client’s probation conditions, that our client was fully compliant with his probation, and that the State erred in filing the new charge. While the same documents were in the possession of the State, once Temani produced them in court, the State dismissed the new charge, and continued our client’s probation.
Criminal defense
State of Texas v. M. C.
N/A
OUTCOME: Charges Dismissed
Our client and his friends were pulled over while heading to do some target shooting at a local gun range. All three people in the vehicle were arrested and charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, ...a Class A Misdemeanor. Officers claimed that our client’s weapon was in “plain view” in the backseat of the vehicle, making his possession of the weapon unlawful. Temani did not set out to disprove that the gun was in “plain view.” Instead, Temani focused on a little known exception to the law, that allows a person to possess a gun if they are in route to a shooting range.
Temani presented this exception to the State and requested a dismissal of the charge. The State refused, and the parties proceeded to trial. On the day of trial, after a jury panel was ordered, the State dismissed the charge.
