Criminal & Drunk Driving Defense
Notable Cases
Below are descriptions of interesting cases I handled, with a short explanation of how they were resolved. The cases may be verified with the Clerk of Circuit Court of the relevant county.
First Degree Reckless Homicide Acquittal By Jury
Client was accused of causing the death of another person, drug related. Defense utilized experts and logic to convince the jury to vote NOT GUILTY after a four day trial. Case was won through extensive investigation, questioning of the State's scientific evidence, and impeachment of eyewitness. Dane County Case 06 CF 876.Felony Battery To A Police Officer.
Case dismissed. This charge was dismissed and client plead to misdemeanors of which he was guilty. Sauk County Case 06 CF 87.Felony Battery To A Police Officer.
Case dismissed. Defendant was a lawyer accused of accosting police officers. Case dismissed after lengthy battle with prosecutor. Iowa County Case 01 CF 104.Possession of Child Pornography.
Case dismissed. Punched enough holes into the prosecution’s case that prosecutor moved to dismiss all charges just before jury trial. Dane County Case 02 CF 406.Drunk Driving Dismissals
- Case dismissed after appeal of trial court ruling. Appellate court agreed with defense that the police violated constitutional rights, and suppressed the evidence. Dane County Case 05 CT 2173.
- Case dismissed because of speedy trial violation. Dane County Case 2006 CT 1219.
Drunk Driving Defeated After Jury Trial
Client was accused of 3rd offense drunk driving. Defense got the State's expert witness to agree with the major proposition in the case, as well as discrediting the police officer through cross examination. Fond Du Lac County Case 07 CT 496.Jury trial aquittal.
Client was charged with a 3rd offense drunk driving. When the officer stopped a van nobody was in the driver’s seat. Client admitted to driving and was arrested. Defense convinced the jury that it was a false confession. Jefferson County Case 02 CT 679.Felony Drunk Driving Case Dismissed.
Client was contacted at his residence after the officer found his wrecked car nearby. When client opened the door of his residence, the officer placed his foot over the threshold. The evidence was thrown out, when I argued the officer illegally entered without a warrant. Dane County Case #04 CF 2050.Felony drunk driving. Reduced to misdemeanor.
Successfully used a technicality to exclude prior drunk driving convictions from evidence. Washington County Case 05 CF 148.Successfully reduced in seriousness many drunk driving offenses:
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor level (Sauk County case 05 CF 149);
- 4th offense reduced to a 3rd offense (Sauk County case 05 CT 416);
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor (Sauk County case 05 CF 232);
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor (Grant County case 04 CF 55);
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor (Fond Du Lac County case 04 CF 462);
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor (Fond Du Lac County case 04 CF 421);
- Excluded one prior conviction (Dane County case 04 CF 1053);
- 5th reduced to 2nd (Sauk County case 03 CF 26);
- 4th offense reduced to a civil violation (Fond du Lac County case 02 CT 810);
- 3rd reduced to a civil violation (Columbia County case 03 CT 202);
- 3rd offense down to a civil violation (Green County case 02 CT 205);
- 3rd offense down to a civil violation (Juneau Co. case 03 CT 22).
- Reduced a fourth offense to a third (Rock County case 07 CT 942);
- Felony reduced to misdemeanor (Adams County case 07 CF 28)
