Cases—Results for Criminal Law Cases
Our firm has obtained favorable results for our clients at trial, and on appeal. Some of these cases are discussed below.
Pretrial Results
- Our client, a pharmacy technician, was charged with stealing over $36,000 worth of prescription medication from his employer over an eighteen month period. Although the prosecutor sought a jail sentence, the court sentenced our client to probation.
- Client charged with aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, kidnapping, risk of injury to a minor, and related offenses. Due to the seriousness of the charges, he was held on a $750,000 bond. After being held for nine months, we obtained an agreement from the state that required the client to serve only three additional months.
- Client charged with committing two bank robberies six days apart that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars to the banks that was not recovered. After pre-trial negotiations, our client received an entirely suspended sentence when the state dropped the robbery charges and allowed him to plead guilty to misdemeanors.
- Client charged with burglary in the second degree and related offenses when he entered an occupied home in the middle of the night. The residents woke up and called police. The court granted our client’s application for Accelerated Rehabilitation (A.R.), which ultimately resulted in dismissal of the charges and no criminal record.
- Client charged with driving under suspension following a DUI, which carried a mandatory minimum of 30 days in jail. Client hired us after attempting to represent himself and being told by the prosecutor he would have to serve 30 days. After we were retained, the court granted his application for A.R., which ultimately resulted in dismissal of the charges and allowed him to avoid jail time, a criminal record, and an automatic license suspension.
- Client charged with larceny in the first degree, a felony carrying up to 20 years in prison. After pre-trial negotiations, the state agreed to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor with an entirely suspended sentence.
- Client charged with felony murder, robbery in the first degree, and related offenses following a robbery that resulted in the death of one of the victims. The client's maximum exposure was over 120 years in prison. After pre-trial negotiations with the prosecutor and judge, the state agreed not to pursue the felony murder charge and the client received a sentence of only 27 months.
Trial Results
- Client charged with DUI and reckless driving after being involved in a rollover accident. Although he admitted consuming 10 drinks earlier that night and failed the field sobriety tests, the jury found him not guilty after we offered evidence that the accident occurred because he fell asleep while driving and not because he was intoxicated.
- Client charged with four counts of harassment of a state probation officer. Despite the testimony of three probation officers on behalf of the state, the jury found him not guilty on all charges.
- Home improvement contractor charged with six violations of the Home Improvement Act. He was found not guilty on all charges at trial.
- Corporate client charged with making false statements on compliance documents filed with the state. The client was found not guilty on all counts at trial.
- Client charged with various offenses arising from his involvement in a residential burglary and 46-mile, high-speed chase that tragically resulted in the death of a police sergeant who lost control of his cruiser during the chase. Client was found not guilty of the most serious charges and received a sentence lower than the state’s best pretrial offer.
- Client charged with threatening and related offenses that exposed him to more than 21 years in prison. After trial, he was convicted of only two misdemeanors at trial and received a one-year sentence that was lower than the state’s best pretrial offer. Jeff Kestenband represented the client on appeal where his conviction was reversed by the Appellate Court.
- Client was charged with twelve counts of sexual assault in the first degree, sexual assault in the fourth degree and risk of injury to a minor from allegations that he molested his minor step-daughter over a six-year period. The state offered the client ten years in prison without parole eligibility to be followed by twenty years of rigorous sex offender probation. The client was found not guilty of all counts after trial.
