My client was prosecuted for DWI. The officer
stopped him for, essentially, making a block in the 121 area while it was under
construction. The trial court refused to suppress the stop. Result:
Reversed by the Fort Worth Court of Appeals [You can read the court's
opinion here]
DENIAL OF CONFRONTATION
My client was charged with aggravated kidnapping. The
victim of the kidnapping had a life threatening illness and the prosecutors
wanted to take his deposition (virtually unheard of in criminal cases). The
trial court allowed it but on the day of the deposition, my client had been
removed from Denton County and was unavailable to be present during the
deposition. Result: Reversed conviction [You can read the opinion here] (unfortunately, the client had two
other charges arising out of the same set of events that were not
reversed)
APPEAL OF SUPPRESSION OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE
My client was charged with organized crime and money
laundering in Henderson County. The police had implemented a sting operation of
sorts using two indiduals that had been told never to return to my client's
property. I was successful in the trial court in suppressing the evidence
obtained due to the illegal conduct of the police. The prosecutor appealed that
suppression. Result: Suppression of the evidence was upheld. [You can
read the opinion here]
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON
This case was originally tried by myself and two other
attorneys. The prosecution believed the client was the shooter in a really large
murder-for-hire scheme. The client had been indicted for three charges arising
out of the scheme: aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit capital murder and
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. They elected to go forward on the
aggravated assault case. We objected early and often to their attempts to try
our client for the conspiracy charge in the aggravated assault matter. The case
was flooded with documents and testimony that we objected to. The jury found our
client guilty and sentenced him to 60 years. On appeal, we asserted several
points of error, but, ultimately, the court agreed with us that the voluminous
evidence with no connection to our client was harmful. This, so far as we are
aware, is one of the only cases reversed for flagrant 403
violations. Result: Reversed conviction, remanded for new trial. [You
can read the opinion here] (On retrial of this matter, our
client was found not guilty in under two hours.)
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