The State charged our client with three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance, each punishable by a maximum penalty of 4 years in prison. At first glance, the client’s circumstances did not look good; he had several prior convictions, the police said they witnessed him selling drugs to a confidential informant on two separate occasions, and the State sent additional seized substances back to the crime lab for more testing. It looked like the State was about to add several additional felony charges. Head Murphy Law did not give up. The Firm continued its own investigation and capitalized on timing, persistence, and creative negotiation strategies to obtain an extremely favorable result.
The client pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of using a controlled substance without a prescription (he later obtained a prescription), and all felony charges were dismissed!
Our client was arrested after he walked out of a bar and encountered police officers in the parking lot. The client admitted to driving to the bar earlier, and he admitted that he did not drink while at this bar. The problem for the Government was that no witness ever saw him drive that night, and no one saw him drink. The client was arrested and charged with Operating While Intoxicated. Head Murphy Law ordered all available police reports, witness statements, and audio/video recordings related to the arrest. After reviewing those materials, the attorneys filed pretrial motions attacking the Government’s case. The Government offered a plea agreement and reduction to a lesser drunk driving charge, and the client rejected that plea offer.
Head Murphy Law demanded the case be scheduled for trial. Before the scheduled trial, the government thought better. It offered to dismiss the drunk driving charge if the client pled guilty to a non-reported minor misdemeanor and a civil infraction. The client accepted the plea agreement, paid a fine, and the case was closed without jail or probation.