San Luis Obispo, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at San Luis Obispo, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Mediation ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with public intoxication stemming from a 2013 arrest. Client needed his warrant recalled as soon as possible for employment purposes but could not travel back to California. The case ... was calendared, the warrant was recalled, and a motion to dismiss was filed. The DA was unable to locate the arresting officer who had since left the police department. The case was dismissed and Client was victorious.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with battery against a security guard. Client maintained her factual innocence and provided a video that demonstrated the unreasonable use of force by several members of the event st ... aff. The case was dismissed.
OUTCOME: No Jail / No Fines / No Prop 36
Client was charged with possession of heroin. The reasons listed in the police report for the initial traffic stop were no third brake light, obstructed license plate and swerving. Client's vehicle was ... a model that did not have a factory equipped third brake light. The obstruction was from a stock trailer ball hitch. And there was an extremely long delay in obtaining the police video due to clerical oversight. These shortcomings were leveraged into a very favorable disposition in which client received one year of informal bench probation with zero jail, zero fines, no search and seizure terms, no class obligations and no chemical testing.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with sexual battery. The Complaining Witness alleged that Client touched her inappropriately and tried to rape her during a brief interaction in a public parking lot around 11AM and ... she escaped by running away. We obtained nearby surveillance video of the incident that showed Client to be completely innocent. The video depicted an unremarkable conversation in front of many nearby bystanders that ended with Client calmly walking away. We obtained copies of multiple restraining orders that had been filed against the Complaining Witness in Monterey County for her erratic behavior. We obtained many disturbing posts from Complaining Witness's social media. The DA mistakenly tried to attribute a 25-page FBI rap sheet to Client which contained multiple cocaine trafficking convictions in Miami circa 1985. We informed the DA that the rap sheet was not Client because Client had zero criminal record. The case was set for trial with no time waiver and ultimately the DA was forced to dismiss for lack of evidence.
OUTCOME: No criminal filing / No Cal Poly punishment
Client was charged with injuring his boyfriend during a brief disagreement at Client's campus housing on Cal Poly. We obtained a statement from the complaining witness stating the he did not want prose ... cution and that he had been trying to slip past the front door which Client was lawfully closing to prevent CW from entering. We provided the statement along with information showing Client in a positive light to the DA in a mitigation packet. The DA rejected the criminal filing. Cal Poly did not take any administrative action at the disciplinary hearing.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with violating the status of a criminal protective order between himself and his children. That CPO was subject to modification in juvenile dependency court. The CPO was indeed modif ... ied to unsupervised visitation but this change was not reflect in the databases relied upon by the police when Client was arrested. Ultimately, the case was dismissed (on other grounds).
OUTCOME: Drug charge dismissed - 5 days of house arrest, $250 fine
Client was contacted by police after a store owner accused him of shoplifting. Client was alleged to have physically attempted to leave the scene, refused to comply with police orders, and used force t ... o prevent his detention. Client was also alleged to have been in possession of cocaine when he was searched incident to arrest. Client needed to avoid a drug conviction for immigration purposes. The cocaine possession charge was dismissed as part of a negotiated disposition. Client pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of delaying the police. He received five days house arrest, one year of informal probation, and a $250 fine.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Client was charged with three counts of trespassing in her own home. Client's home was red-tagged by the building inspector for fire hazards with leave only to be entered during daylight hours for the ... purpose of remediation. Client was alleged to have been found in her home on three separate occasions at night. We assisted Client with getting the red tag removed from her home by coordinating with the building inspector for a new inspection. We then utilized that regulatory compliance to garner three dismissals in the Superior Court in a collaborative effort with the judge and deputy district attorney who sympathized with the difficult position Client was in.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Client was charged with public intoxication and possession of Hydrocodone. The case had been in a warrant status for more than a year. Defense Counsel was able to recall the warrant convince the DA to ... offer her the most preferable form of diversion instead of the previous offer of supervised probation. Client paid a $350 class fee and completed a one day online class. The case was dismissed and the arrest was sealed.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
In 2014, Client was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a meth pipe. Client failed to appear at his first arraignment and the case had been in a warrant status for four years. Defens ... e Counsel had the warrant recalled. Defense Counsel argued that possession of marijuana had subsequently been decriminalized and that Client's rights to a speedy trial had been violated with respect to the paraphernalia charge. The judge agreed and the case was dismissed.
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