Austin, TX
Criminal defense Lawyer at Austin, TX
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence
OUTCOME: Complete Dismissal
Client was charged with two second degree tampering charges for allegedly falsifying inspections of motor vehicles. (Some of her fellow employee co-defendants plead to felony probation.) The State di ... smissed both charges after I was able to prove that the inspections were actually inspected properly under exceptions to the Texas emissions regulations.
OUTCOME: Complete Dismissal
Client was originally charged with attempted burglary and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Despite a lengthly criminal history, both charges were dismissed after the prosecutors were made aware of the un ... reliability of the complaining witness and the lack of facts supporting an arrest on either charge.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was accused of shoplifting from a local retail store. The loss prevention officers told officers that they had observed her remove items from the store in the past. Client had no criminal hist ... ory, but the State was insisting that she perform community service and complete a theft class. After I provided proof that client was being overmedicated by her doctor for a serious illness and was unable to form any criminal intent, the State dismissed the charges.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Client was arrested one month after he had pleaded to his first DWI. Client denied drinking at all even though the officer claimed to smell alcohol, and performed poorly on all of the field sobriety t ... ests. However, the jury took only 30 minutes to find him Not Guilty. They were convinced by our argument that requiring the client to perform the tests on the side of a busy interstate highway mere feet from semi trucks going 60-70 miles per hour was not a fair test of sobriety.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was accused of driving while intoxicated after getting out of a car through the passenger door and blew a .32. The police admitted that they lost sight of my client for several seconds, but the ... prosecutor was insistent that client must have been driving. My investigation uncovered a witness who watched another person run out of the door; when the witness tried to speak with the police, they threatened to arrest him. Once the prosecutor was made aware of the witness, the case was dismissed.
OUTCOME: Reduced to lower charge; Client continued on parole
Client, on parole for a 1st degree felony, was charged with possession of marijuana. A conviction would have resulted in placement in an intermediate sanctions facility. After setting the case for tr ... ial, I convinced the State to reduce to a Class C charge because the amount of marijuana was far less than 1/10 of a gram after accounting for packaging, stems and seeds.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was charged with DWI after the officer observed numerous traffic violations early in the morning. He seemed confused and unable to understand instructions on the sobriety tests. I convinced th ... e State to dismiss once I pointed out that the officer translating instructions in Spanish did not properly explain the tests as required by his training and did not properly translate clients responses to the arresting officer.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was arrested for DWI after a witness alleged he was driving recklessly in an apartment parking lot. Client appeared to be very intoxicated on the arrest video. The State dismissed after my inv ... estigation revealed that the witness had a history of animosity towards him and his family and that the officers failed to take into consideration the Client's serious medical conditions.
OUTCOME: Jury Verdict of Not Guilty
My client was arrested for indecent exposure and accused of masturbating outside a married couple's apartment in the middle of the night. The State would not dismiss so we went to trial. Cross examin ... ation revealed that the officer spoke little Spanish (even though all the witnesses and my client were Spanish speakers) and did little to no investigation before arrest. The wife claimed to have seen masturbation, but cross examination showed she likely couldn't have observed what she claimed from her angle inside the apartment. Her husband originally said he saw nothing other than the man outside the window, but changed his story at trial. My client decided to testify and explained that he was urinating after drinking several beers. The jury found him credible and returned a not guilty verdict after 20 minutes.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed
Client was arrested after giving a false name and date of birth to an officer at a traffic stop. There was overwhelming evidence of guilt, but after several months of negotiations, I convinced the pro ... secutors to dismiss in the interest of justice after providing proof of my client's mental illness, extremely debilitating physical impairments, and degenerative neurological disease.
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