Charge:  Ct. 1:  Resisting an Officer with Violence (3rd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Guilty of lesser included count of resisting w/o violence (misd.) and sentenced to time already served (January 2004).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Possession of a Controlled Substance (rock cocaine) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (April 2001).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Aggravated Battery (Pregnant Woman); Ct. 2:  Battery (1st deg. misd) Jury Verdict:  Not guilty on both counts (February 2003).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Felony Battery (causing great bodily harm or permanent disfigurement) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (February 2003). If convicted, client would have been sentenced to a mandatory minimum of 5 years’ in prison.

Charge:  Sale or Delivery of Cocaine (2nd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (March 2003).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Burglary of Dwelling (2nd Deg. Felony); Ct. 2:  Dealing in Stolen Property Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty on Both Counts (July 2003).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Resisting Arrest with Violence (3rd Deg. Felony); Ct. 2:  Disorderly Intoxication (misdemeanor); Ct. 3:  Battery on Law Enforcement Officer Judgment of Acquittal:  Counts 1 and 2 Jury Verdict:  Ct. 3:  Not Guilty of Battery on Law Enforcement Officer (September 2003).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Attempted Sexual Battery by a Person in Familial or Custodial Authority upon a Person 12 years of Age or Older but Younger than 18 years of Age (2nd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (September 2003).

Charge:  Ct  1:  Grand Theft (3rd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (October 2003).

Court of Appeals reversed my client’s conviction for unlawful exhibition of a firearm finding that the trial court applied the incorrect burden of proof under the Stand Your Ground Defense (April 17, 2019). Read opinion here.

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Lewd or lascivious molestation by a person 18 years of age or older upon a child 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age (2nd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (May 2006).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Fleeing or attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer (3rd Deg. Felony) Judge Verdict:  Not Guilty  (August  2011).

Charge:   Ct. 1:  Burglary of Unoccupied Dwelling (2nd Deg. Felony); Ct. 2:  Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty on Both Counts (October 2012). If convicted, client would have received a mandatory minimum of 15 years’ in prison.

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Felony Battery (after prior conviction) (3rd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty (July 2013).

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Possession of a Controlled Substance (3d Deg. Felony); Ct. 2:  Possession of  marijuana (misd); Ct. 3:  Possession of drug paraphernalia (misd). Jury Verdict:  Not Guilty on the Controlled Substance  (October 2014). Guilty on the misdemeanor charges, which client didn’t contest, and was sentenced to time already served.

Charge:  Ct. 1:  Possession of marijuana w/intent to sell (3d Deg. Felony); Ct. 2:  Possession of cocaine w/intent to sell (2nd Deg. Felony) Jury Verdict:  Ct 1:  Guilty of Lesser Included, simple possession of marijuana (misdemeanor); Ct 2:  Not Guilty on Second Degree Felony  (June 2014).

In a case where my client was facing 10 years in prison for violating his sex offender probation, the trial court found that his having contact with two children under the age of 18 was not willful.  Thus, my client gained his freedom rather spending the next 10 years locked up in the state prison…