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Dismissed
CASE:

CHARGES: Felony PCS
DATE: 2018
JURISDICTION: Fort Bend

Plea to misdemeanor possession marijuana.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. J.S.

CHARGES: Marijuana class B
DATE: 2013
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Officer asked permission to search. Client gave consent to only retrieve the passenger’s open container from the car, but the officer went ahead and unlawfully searched the whole car.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. J.A.

CHARGES: 1st-Degree Felony Possesses w/Intent to Deliver Controlled Substance
DATE: 2012
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Client’s friend dropped several grams of meth and heroin into client’s purse and the officer did not establish proper consent or probable cause to search my client’s purse.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. C.R.

CHARGES: Marijuana
DATE: 2012
JURISDICTION: Liberty

After two hearings the judge finally made the correct ruling that the officer did not have probable cause to initiate a traffic stop and therefore the drugs were suppressed and the case dismissed.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. S.A.

CHARGES: Marijuana Class B
DATE: 2012
JURISDICTION: Brazoria

Cop thought that my client “eyeballing him” while he drove by was reason enough to conduct a traffic stop. He was wrong.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. D.P.

CHARGES: Possession of a Controlled Substance
DATE: 2012
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Defendant was in the wrong place at the wrong time. After we did our investigation, we realized that the officer was wrong in his report and the security guard who detained my client and his friend had not in fact seen my client in possession of drugs

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. V.O.

CHARGES: Marijuana Class B
DATE: 2012
JURISDICTION: Fort Bend

Officer had my client under arrest before he searched the car. While he was searching the car, he when back to my client and asked him where the marijuana was without reading him his rights first. Did not know this until we saw the video.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. J.S.

CHARGES: Possession of Marijuana
DATE: June 2010
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Our investigation proved that the cop did not, in fact, have the right to search our client after entering into the residence where other drugs were found belonging to another person.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. L.P.

CHARGES: Possession of a Controlled Substance – 3rd-Degree Felony
DATE: June 2010
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Prosecution started with an offer of 8 years on TDC. We provided evidence that the drugs found did not belong to our client.

No Bill
CASE:

State v. M.G.

CHARGES: Felony Prescription Fraud
DATE: April 2010
JURISDICTION: Harris County

We presented evidence to show that client was in fact prescribed the medication in the past.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. L.P.

CHARGES: Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
DATE: January 2010
JURISDICTION: Harris County

We presented evidence showing the drugs were actually in someone else’s possession.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. R.E.

CHARGES: Misdemeanor Possession of Marijuana
DATE: October 2009
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Our investigation proved that the stop by police was unlawful, according to the Offense Report. Due to the stop, all of the state’s evidence was improperly used.

Reduced Charges
CASE:

State v. J.S.

CHARGES: Possession of Marijuana
DATE: October 2009
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Reduced charge to Class C (speeding ticket level charge) misdemeanor possession drug paraphernalia

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. A.D.

CHARGES: Possession of Controlled Substance and Marijuana
DATE: August 2009
JURISDICTION: Brazoria

Client had three pending charges. Client’s DWI reduced to reckless driving and two drug charges were dismissed on the day of trial.

Pretrial Diversion
CASE:

State v. J.D.

CHARGES: Possession of Marijuana
DATE: August 2009
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Client had stellar academic record and references. Case will be dismissed after completion of terms of pre-trial diversion.

No Bill
CASE:

State v. F.A.

CHARGES: Obtaining Drugs by Fraud – 3rd-Degree Felony
DATE: July 2009
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Our client was a recent medical school graduate. We presented evidence to the Grand Jury resulting in the Grand Jury dismissing the case against our client.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. W.C.

CHARGES: Possession of Marijuana
DATE: June 2009
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Two girls were charged with possessing same marijuana in a vehicle. Shown that the other person charged was the guilty party.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. A.S.

CHARGES: Possession of a Controlled Substance
DATE: May 2009
JURISDICTION:

Shown that the police did not have probable cause to search the car and that our client was never in possession of narcotics.

Reduced Charges
CASE:

State v. C.A.

CHARGES: Possession of Marijuana
DATE: January 2009
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Reduced charge to Class C (speeding ticket level charge) misdemeanor possession drug paraphernalia

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. C.M.

CHARGES: Misdemeanor Possession Marijuana
DATE: November 2008
JURISDICTION: Galveston

Client agreed to take drug awareness education class

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. S.H.

CHARGES: Delivery Controlled Substance 1st Degree Felony + Possession Controlled Substance 2nd Degree Felony
DATE: June 2008
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Cocaine found in client’s car while she was driving. Evidence showed that she had no knowledge of the cocaine. Client pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. R.O.

CHARGES: Possession Marijuana Class B Misdemeanor
DATE: April 2008
JURISDICTION: Montgomery

Evidence shown that police did not have probable cause to approach and stop my client.

Not Guilty
CASE:

State v. C. B.

CHARGES: Possession of Controlled Substance – 2nd Degree Felony
DATE: November 2007
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Officer arrested my client in his truck with a pipe that was “hot to the touch”. Officer struggled to retell his story during trial.

Dismissed
CASE:

State v. T.L.

CHARGES: Misdemeanor Possession Marijuana
DATE: June 2006
JURISDICTION: Harris County

Evidence shown that the driver of the vehicle was in possession of marijuana, not our client.

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