Attorney Peter Anthony Fitzpatrick's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

Homicide

Sep 20, 2010

OUTCOME: Acquitted

Client was accused of premeditated murder; to wit: the premeditated shooting to death of one victim. He was also accused of assault with a deadly weapon; to wit: the shooting of another victim. The G ... overnment presented two star witnesses who each, within minutes of the shooting, identified Client as the shooter. Client was found in the vicinity of the murder weapon with gun shot residue on his hand. Client, without testifying, was ACQUITTED of all charges by jury.

Criminal defense

Attempted Homicide

Aug 15, 2009

OUTCOME: Acquitted

Client was accused of attempted premeditated murder; to wit: premeditatedly attempting to kill his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend by shooting him through the neck. Client was accosted and threatened by the ... gun shot victim as client was attempting to enter his girlfriend's apartment early one morning. Client left, returned later that morning to visit his girlfriend, and was again accosted and threatened by the gun shot victim. Client shot him one time through his neck. Client, without testifying, was ACQUITTED of all charges by jury who found he acted in lawful self-defense.

Criminal defense

Homicide

Jan 01, 2005

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was accused of premeditated murder, to wit: premeditatedly stabbing her boyfriend to death during an argument in front of a witness. Clientâ€™s case, without her testifying, was DISMISSED by th ... e Hon. D. Hitchens because she could not find enough credibility in the the prosecutionâ€™s witnesses to make Client stand trial after the prosecutionâ€™s evidence was subject to cross examination at preliminary hearing.

Criminal defense

Sex Crimes

Oct 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was charged with forced sodomy, digital penetration, false imprisonment, and sexual battery. A motion to reduce bail was brought on client's behalf and granted. After extensive investigation the ... matter was DISMISSED before preliminary hearing.

Criminal defense

Strong Arm Robbery

N/A

OUTCOME: Acquitted

Client was charged with strong arm robbery, auto theft, and receiving stolen property. Within hours of a complaining witness being robbed of her purse, and later of her vehicle, as she returned to her ... Portrero Hill district home early one morning she identified Client as her robber. Within hours of the robbery Client was apprehended driving her stolen car with some of her personal property in his possession. Prior to Client having counsel, Client confessed on tape to robbing her. After jury trial in which the simultaneous defenses of false identification and false confession were presented to the jury, Client was ACQUITTED of all charges.

Criminal defense

DUI

N/A

OUTCOME: Acquitted

Client was accused of driving under the influence of marijuana. Client, stopped for a traffic violation, with the smell of marijuana lingering within the vehicle admitted to smoking marijuana moments b ... efore the traffic stop. Client, without testifying, was ACQUITTED by jury of all charges.

Criminal defense

DUI

N/A

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was observed weaving within her lane after 2:00 a.m. Client submitted to Field Sobriety Tests but would not give the officers a breath or blood sample (client lost her license for a year for sai ... d refusal). Without client testifying, jury after days of deliberation was hung 11-1 for acquittal. The prosecution DISMISSED the case rather than retrying the case.

Criminal defense

Concealed Weapon and Narcotics

N/A

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was driving her vehicle and pulled over for traffic infractions. Officer smelled marijuana. Client admitted passenger had smoked a "blunt" earlier. Car was search and over 2 lbs of Marijuana ... plus a stolen gun were found in vehicle. Case was dismissed prior to preliminary hearing.

Criminal defense

Vehicular Manslaughter

N/A

OUTCOME: Acquitted

Client was charged with vehicular manslaughter, to wit: negligently operating a motor vehicle causing the death of a infant in a cross walk. Client was accused of, hours after failing her driving test ... at the DMV, running a redlight and making an unsafe turn causing the death of an infant who was being pushed through a crosswalk in a stroller by his mother. Client, after testifying, was ACQUITTED by jury of all charges.

Criminal defense

Robbery

N/A

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Client was accused by a complaining witness, and a percipient witness, of robbing with a gun the complaining witness as she was sitting in her vehicle one morning, as it was warming up, on the way to w ... ork. The robbery was allegedly on-viewed by a percipient witness (complaining witnessâ€™s neighbor and a pastor). Client was arrested within fifteen minutes of the incident, several blocks away from the incident. After days of deliberation a jury was unable to reach a verdict and the court declared the trial a mistrial. The District Attorneyâ€™s Office DISMISSED the cause rather than retry the case.

Peter Anthony Fitzpatrick's Legal Cases (10)

Homicide

Attempted Homicide

Homicide

Sex Crimes

Strong Arm Robbery

DUI

DUI

Concealed Weapon and Narcotics

Vehicular Manslaughter

Robbery