NOTABLE CASES
Homicide
Charge: 1st Degree Intentional Homicide. Client accused of killing a rival drug dealer even though he was an informant for the police at the time. No direct eyewitnesses but only vague descriptions of 3 black males and a partial licence plate. Numerous statements of co-actors implicated client but the state was barred from calling them as witnesses based on defense motions.
Venue: Racine
Date: April 2006
Result: Hung Jury
Charge: 1st Degree Intentional Homicide, Armed Robbery and Possession of firearm by Felon. Client faced life sentence. 4 young men driving around Racine stopped at a gas station where the other 3 individuals robbed and shot a man. Client was in the back seat and never exited the car. The other codefendants made statements indicating that he was involved. We were able to prove that the client was not a part of the robbery after extensive investigation and interviews of witnesses including the victim.
Venue: Racine County
Date: September 2004
Result: Dismissed
Charge: 1 count 1st Degree Intentional Homicide, 1 count 1st Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety, 1 count False Imprisonment, 1 count Battery, 2 counts Carrying a Concealed Weapon. Client ran estranged wife off road. She accused him of choking her and trying to smash her head. He denied this - was actually trying to help her out of accident. She recanted and admitted that she was hopeful that getting him convicted would leverage her position in their custody battle.
Venue: Brown County
Date: January 1993
Result: Not guilty