Pasadena, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Pasadena, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
My client was stopped by CHP and later arrested and charged with two counts of DUI. After a motion to suppress in court where I challenged the CHP officer's probable cause for the stop and detention, ... the Judge threw out the case. It was clear from my attack that the officer was making up facts which I caught him lying about. All charges dismissed!
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client charged with possession of a firearm, gang allegations - case dismissed.
OUTCOME: Dry Reckless Driving
DUI arrest, preliminary alcohol screening result of .11/.11, breath test post arrest of .10/.10. Questionable field sobriety tests and breath machine issues led to a reduction to reckless driving, non ... -alcohol related.
OUTCOME: Reckless Driving
DUI Arrest, Blood Alcohol Level = .10. Reduced to "Dry"/non-alcohol related reckless driving. No DMV license suspension.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Domestic Violence Charges - Case Dismissed
OUTCOME: "Wet Reckless" from DUI Refusal/Hit and Run
Client charged with Hit and Run, DUI Refusal with a .18 Preliminary Alcohol Screening test in the field. Reduced to a "wet reckless".
OUTCOME: Reduced to Dry Reckless
Defendant was driving his vehicle and pulled over for a traffic stop. The officer claimed he was too intoxicated to perform field sobriety tests. The officer also claimed he "refused" a chemical test ... , thus aggravating the punishment for both his license and with the courts. My investigation turned up that defendant in fact had given two breath results, albeit at different attempts on the breath machine, resulting in .197 blood alcohol levels both times. The LASD deputy never saw those records - until I presented them to him during the hearing for the DMV. Dumbfounded, he had no explanation. We beat the DMV proceeding, and the DA reduced his "refusal" DUI charge because of the lack of credibility of the officer, notwithstanding the high BAC level.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
A phony drug checkpoint was set up by a Drug Task Force in San Bernardino. Defendant turned off to avoid this checkpoint, only to find out that the signs indicating there was an upcoming checkpoint we ... re bogus. The agents were monitoring people exiting the freeway at this exit, hoping that everyone that exited was doing so to avoid the phony checkpoint. Defendant was pulled over after exiting, for "running the stop sign". He complied with all orders, provided his license, was written a citation, and was told to be careful. As he was entering his car again, having been pulled out for the traffic stop, the officer asked him back to his patrol vehicle and reinitiated his investigation, asking if he had guns, weapons, etc. Defendant answered his questions, not feeling he was free to just leave, and then another unit arrived with a drug sniffing dog. While the dog was being prepared to sniff, the original officer continued badgering defendant about drugs, guns, etc. Finally, the dog sniffed around the car, alerted, and they discovered several pounds of marijuana. A Motion to Suppress, PC 1538.5, was filed and granted. The prosecutors refiled the case. Another Motion to Suppress, PC 1538.5 was filed, and the cope tried to change his story. Needless to say, the motion was granted a second time! Case dismissed!
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
A phony drug checkpoint was set up by a Drug Task Force in San Bernardino. Defendant turned off to avoid this checkpoint, only to find out that the signs indicating there was an upcoming checkpoint we ... re bogus. The agents were monitoring people exiting the freeway at this exit, hoping that everyone that exited was doing so to avoid the phony checkpoint. Defendant was pulled over after exiting, for "running the stop sign". He complied with all orders, provided his license, was written a citation, and was told to be careful. As he was entering his car again, having been pulled out for the traffic stop, the officer asked him back to his patrol vehicle and reinitiated his investigation, asking if he had guns, weapons, etc. Defendant answered his questions, not feeling he was free to just leave, and then another unit arrived with a drug sniffing dog. While the dog was being prepared to sniff, the original officer continued badgering defendant about drugs, guns, etc. Finally, the dog sniffed around the car, alerted, and they discovered several pounds of marijuana. A Motion to Suppress, PC 1538.5, was filed and granted. The prosecutors refiled the case. Another Motion to Suppress, PC 1538.5 was filed, and the cope tried to change his story. Needless to say, the motion was granted a second time! Case dismissed!
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
A bad traffic investigation by Orange County officers led to discovery of a concealed weapon. A Motion to Suppress led to suppression of the evidence based on misconduct by the officers, and the case ... was dismissed.