Walnut Creek, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Walnut Creek, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: .17 BAC DUI case reduced to wet reckless
My client was charged with DUI with a .17 blood alcohol level. We were able to argue that his constitutional rights were violated by the police officers. The DMV reinstated his drivers license and th ... e DA reduced the case to a wet reckless.
OUTCOME: Example of Homicide Case when I was a DA
The defendant got into a fight with the victim over drug turf in Richmond, CA. The defendant ended up pulling a gun and shooting the victim approximately 15 times and then left him for dead. I prosec ... uted the defendant, and after a two week long trial, the jury convicted the defendant of murder with use of a firearm. The defendant was sentenced to Life in Prison.
OUTCOME: Example of DV case when I was a prosecutor
When I was a Deputy District Attorney, for several years I was assigned to the Domestic Violence Unit. Three of those years I prosecuted the hard core domestic assaults, including shootings, stabbings ... , kidnappings and torture. One of those cases involved a man hog tying his pregnant girlfriend, strangling her and beating her over a period of hours. Along with numerous welts, bruises, and contusions, he broke her windpipe and fractured her skull. We charged him with torture several assault charges. After a lengthy trial, the jury convicted him of torture and other charges. He is now doing life in prison.
OUTCOME: Factually Innocent of resisiting arrest
My client was arrested for Penal Code section 148, resisting arrest. We kept charges from being filed. We then successfully petitioned the court for a finding of factual innocence.