Recent Criminal Defense Cases Our Lawyers Have Tried
Felony: Aggravated Robbery and Felony Assault in the Second Degree
Client was charged with entering a bus, shooting the driver, and robbing the passengers at gunpoint, while not wearing a mask. In court, witnesses pointed at the client in front of the jury and testified that he was the shooter and robber.
Defense Attorney: Eric Hawkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY
Felony: Assault in the Third Degree
Client was a patient in a mental hospital. Client was accused of punching a nurse in the nose and breaking it. The prosecutor's doctor testified that our client knew what he was doing during the assault, and knew that it was wrong. Our doctor testified to the contrary.
Defense Attorney: Eric Hawkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF MENTAL ILLNESS
Felony: Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle
Client was charged with leading multiple police cars on a chase through the city streets; three police officers testified that our client was trying to flee, until they captured him.
Defense Attorney: Eric Hawkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY
Felony: Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm
Client was at a house party when police executed a search warrant and raided the house. Client's jack was hanging in the closet, and the police searched the client's jacket. In the pockets, the police found the client's Social Security card, birth certificate, and a gun.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY
Felony: Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, and Three Counts of Assault in the Second Degree
Client was charged with firing a gun into a car six times, shooting the passenger at close range three times, and pointing the gun at three other people. In front of the jury, witnesses and the alleged victim pointed to the client as the shooter.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
Misdemeanor: Domestic Assault and Disorderly Conduct
The alleged victim called the police and said she had been assaulted. The police arrived and our client was arrested.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
Jury Verdict: NOT GUILTY ON BOTH COUNTS
Gross Misdemeanor: Carrying a Pistol without a Permit
Client was pulled over in a traffic stop for having tinted windows. The police officer testified that upon pulling him over he had smelled marijuana. A drug-sniffing dog searched the car twice, but no drugs or any evidence of marijuana was discovered. However, the police ripped out a center panel and found a gun.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
CASE DISMISSED BY COURT FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE DUE TO ILLEGAL SEARCH
Felony: Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fourth Degree
Our twenty year old client was charged with having consensual sexual contact with a female under the age of sixteen, even though the girl had lied and said she was eighteen years old on a dating service phone line.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
CASE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE
Felony: Attempted Aggravated Robbery, Simple Robbery, and Assault in the Second Degree
Our client was the driver of a car whose passenger got out and approached a stranger demanding to use his cell phone. When the stranger refused, the client's passenger pulled out a gun and threatened the person, demanding his money. The client was charged for aiding the conduct of his passenger.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
CASE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE, LACK OF EVIDENCE
Felony: Domestic Assault - Strangulation
Gross Misdemeanor: Domestic Assault
Our client was charged with strangling and assaulting his girlfriend after a verbal argument. The alleged victim was on probation for previously assaulting our client and had only scratches after the alleged incident. Our office filed notice of self-defense.
Defense Attorney: Shannon Elkins
CASE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE
Gross Misdemeanor: DWI blood alcohol content over .20
Our client was pulled over in motor vehicle. Client was clearly intoxicated. Preliminary breath test (PBT) apparatus was somehow poked into client's eye by police officer. At police station client waived rights to an attorney and took the Intoxilyzer Test. Client's cut eye required surgery. Defense attorney argued injury was intentional and resulted in client being fearful of further police brutality and therefore did not voluntarily waive his right to consult with an attorney before submitting to the Intoxilyzer Test.
Defense Attorney: Eric Hawkins
EVIDENCE OF INTOXILYZER TEST SUPPRESSED
CHARGED DISMISSED FOR LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE
Client had three (3) different criminal cases with the following charges:
CASE 1 - Grand Jury Indictment
Count 1: Aiding and Abetting Murder in the First Degree
Count 2: Aiding and Abetting Murder in the First Degree
Count 3: Aiding and Abetting Murder of an unborn child in the First Degree
Count 4: Aiding an Offender
Count 5: Accomplice After the Fact
Count 6: Racketeering
Count 7: Aiding and Abetting Controlled Substance Crime First Degree
Count 8: Aiding and Abetting Controlled Substance Crime Second Degree.
CASE 2
Felony - Aiding and Abetting Prohibited Person Possessing a Firearm
CASE 3
Felony - Aiding and Abetting Assault in the Second Degree.
Client was facing three (3) life sentences for counts 1-3, not including all other counts and the other 2 cases. Based on Defense Attorney's Motion challenging constitutional violations and requesting dismissal of the Grand Jury Indictment case resolved as follows:
CASE 1:
Count 1: Dismissed
Count 2: Dismissed
Count 3: Dismissed
