David B. Sloane

My son was charged with injury to a child. He agreed to watch a toddler while the mother went shopping. The child was asleep when he arrived. When he looked in on her a short while later he noticed she had stopped breathing and called an ambulance. She had a subdural hematoma (crainial bleed) which ...can be caused by what is commonly called "shaken baby syndrome." She has since fully recovered. My son was accused because he was the only one present when the most obvious symptoms appeared. Our first lawyer told my son he had better accept the state's plea-bargain offer of 10 years in prison and we sought a second opinion from David Sloane. For once, somebody believed my son when he said he didn't do this! Mr. Sloane worked tirelessly on my son's case. He conducted extensive discovery my son's first lawyer never did, and most significantly, he spent many hours long into the night in the library at the University of North Texas Health Science Center researching the topic. He found several ground-breaking studies showing that it can often take hours and even days from the time of the injury for symptoms to appear. The Doctor planning to testify for the prosecution informed them she could no longer stand behind her initial opinion my son had done this when presented with these latest medical studies. The state dropped all charges against my son (without apology.) Were it not for David Sloane my son would STILL be in prison! I shudder to think how many innocent people are...