Attorney Autumn Renee Paine's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

People v. Ms. D.

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OUTCOME: Acquittal - Not Guilty Verdict

Client was charged with PC 245 (a), Assault with GBI. The co-defendant pleaded early in the case but Ms. Paine represented Client in a jury trial. After days of testimony by eye witnesses, police inv ... estigators and the victim, and horrific pictures of the victim's injuries, Ms. Paine argued to the jury that the prosecution had not proven that Client was even present at the scene, much less inflicted any harm on the victim. The jury returned with a Not Guilty verdict after two hours of deliberations. See www.oaklanddefense.com for more information.

Criminal defense

People v. Mr. S.

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OUTCOME: Charges dismissed at preliminary hearing.

Client was charged with cultivation of marijuana for sale after police raided his home and found over forty marijuana plants growing in his back yard. Ms. Paine cross examined the officer extensively ... at the preliminary hearing to show that Client was actually growing legally under California cooperative (co-op) laws. See www.oaklanddefense.com for more information.

Criminal defense

Mr. A

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OUTCOME: Case dismissed!

This young man was charged in juvenile court with battery with great bodily injury, a strike offense. The prosecution alleged that he, along with four other people, ruthlessly kicked and hit another y ... oung man outside of a bar in Berkeley. Ms. Paine thoroughly developed the defense, including critically examining the statements of all of the eye witnesses. It turned out that the prosecution's case was not as solid as it appeared; only one eye witness (out of five) made an actual positive identification of the client, and she admitted that she had had six hard-liquor drinks in a period of about four hours before seeing the fight. The investigation also revealed that there were about twenty people outside that night, of whom the police only talked to five. The other eye witnesses were either unable to say if Mr. A was involved, or said that he actually was not. Additionally, there was that another individual present had blood on his shirt, and cuts on his hands. The police apparently decided to arrest Mr. A based on the statement of one very intoxicated witness. Ms. Paine pushed the case to jurisdictional hearing (the equivalent of a trial) where it was eventually dismissed.

Juvenile law

In re S.

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OUTCOME: Case dismissed!

The prosecution alleged that this juvenile committed first degree burglary by breaking a window of a house around midnight. There were no eye-witnesses and the entire case rested on fingerprint eviden ... ce. At trial Ms. Paine thoroughly picked apart the CSI's investigation, showing that there were significant problems with the chain of custody of the latent prints, as well as the processing of the scene. Ms. Paine also argued that even if the client's prints were on the window, there was no evidence that he broke the window, or that the elements of burglary were met.

Criminal defense

People v. M.S.

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OUTCOME: Case dismissed!

Client charged with gang-related shooting at a public park. Client retained me after another attorney told him he needed to take a 5-year prison deal. After thorough investigation and work up of the ... case, we convinced the DA to dismiss the case entirely.

Autumn Renee Paine's Legal Cases (15)

People v. Ms. D.

People v. Mr. S.

Mr. A

In re S.

People v. M.S.