Marijuana Grow in Forest
N/AOUTCOME: 6 months home confinement
Federal Prosecution - Industrial Marijuana Grow (3,000+ plants) - negotiated plea of 6 months electronic monitoring
Vincent John LaBarbera Jr's Legal Cases (19)
Newport Beach, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Newport Beach, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Administrative Law
Child Molestation
N/AOUTCOME: Not Guilty
Day Care Husband accused of Child Molestation - found innocent on all counts at trial
Cocaine Possession for Sale
N/AOUTCOME: Dismissed
Possession for sale 1/4 lb Cocaine - case dismissed at trial - Prop. 36
Drive by Attempted Murder
N/AOUTCOME: Not Guilty
Accused Drive-by Gang member charged with Attempted Murder - found not guilty at trial
Three Strikes
N/AOUTCOME: No Jail Time
Accused Three Striker - negotiated plea - drug rehabilitation - no jail time
Marijuana and Ecstasy NG verdict
N/AOUTCOME: Not Guilty
Possession for sale of Marijuana and Ecstasy - found not guilty at trial
Attempted Murder Gang
N/AOUTCOME: Acquittal
Attempted Murder Gang Conspiracy case
Attempted Murder - Biker
N/AOUTCOME: Not Guilty
Biker shoots ex's new lover in head - accused of attempted murder - found not guilty at trial
Military War Crimes
N/AOUTCOME: Acquittal
"Marine Dream Team" Obtains Historic Acquittal on Behalf of Pro Bono Client The allegations against Nazario stemmed from the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq in November 2004. According to the indictment ... and trial testimony, Nazario's squad began to attack through Fallujah on the morning of November 9, 2004. Several hours into the fight, the squad began taking fire from the house in question, killing one of Nazario's squad members. The Marines assaulted into the house and found four military-aged males, at least three AK-47's with hot barrels, spent casings and the smell of gun powder. Shots were fired and the four insurgents were allegedly killed. The government did not have any eyewitness testimony or evidence as to what took place. The allegations were that Nazario killed, or caused others to kill, the insurgents. "At the end of the day, this jury of civilians simply wasn't willing to second guess a Marine and resented being placed in a position of having to do so," said Marine Dream Team member Douglas Applegate. "Fallujah was the most brutal and bloody house-to-house fighting that the Corps has experienced since the Battle of Hue City in 1968." Applegate spent a significant amount of time in Iraq prior to his retirement, and provided the defense team with invaluable insight into the rules of engagement and the environment on the ground in Iraq. The Marine Dream Team's only non-Marine, Vincent LaBarbera, commented post-trial that this case "was purely politically driven to support some still-unknown government agenda -- most probably, the appeasement of anti-American Iraqi factions. Unfortunately, this young hero [Nazario] was the government's guinea pig." Of particular interest, in prosecuting Nazario, the government chose to focus on an honorably discharged Marine who was decorated for valor in combat. The flawed structure and composition of the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act contributed to the aggressive prosecution of this case, said the defense team.
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