Success Stories

Most Recent Victories:

1) Federal possession of child pornography charge - the Court sentenced defendant to 30 months imprisonment, a downward variance from sentencing guideline range of 51 to 63 months imprisonment in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis, Missouri district court.

2) Federal receipt of child pornography charge - the Court sentenced defendant to 96 months imprisonment, a downward variance from sentencing guideline range of 151 to 188 months imprisonment in United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois - East St. Louis, Illinois district court.

3) Petition for Writ of Certiorari granted by the United States Supreme Court vacating and remanding Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals judgment reversing district court's imposition of a ten-year sentence for one count of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual abuse.

4) St. Louis County Counselor's office dismissed ordinance violation charges filed against client for possession of a controlled substance, destruction of property, interfering with a police officer, and assaulting a police officer after the filing of a motion to dismiss information as time-barred.


Additional Success Stories

1) Nurse's DWI charges dismissed - Webster Groves

2) Knox County Associate Circuit Court, Edina, Missouri -- Truck driver charged with stealing load of pelletized fertilizer successful after preliminary hearing: charges dismissed, Associate Circuit Court finds no probable cause.

3) Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri -- Federal habeas corpus granted - aggravated identity theft charges dismissed after federal district court finds insufficient evidence of knowledge that identity belonged to an actual person; 28 U.S.C. §2255 case; grounds for habeas relief granted in part; one count of government's indictment dismissed after guilty plea. court further found, on facts of this case, government did not have authority to reinstitute charges dismissed as part of plea agreement.

4) United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed federal child pornography conviction after finding that district court erred in denying motion to suppress search of trailer pulled behind car; found unconstitutional because violates fourth amendment.

5) United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit -- drug case reversed on appeal after Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals finds evidence insufficient to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

6) Federal growing marijuana in a national park charges - found not guilty after jury trial in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Southeastern Division in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

7) Federal sexual assault on St. Louis Arch grounds charges - found not guilty after jury trial in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division -- in St. Louis, Missouri.

8) Federal felon in possession of weapon charges - found not guilty after jury trial in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division -- St. Louis, Missouri district court.

9) Federal carjacking charges - found not guilty after jury trial in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division -- St. Louis, Missouri district court.

10) Federal drug charges dismissed after Court finds search of gym bag in back seat of car violates Fourth Amendment and unconstitutional. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division -- St. Louis, Missouri federal court grants motion to suppress evidence in bag.

11) Federal LSD charges dismissed after Court finds search of client's jacket pocket at Lambert International Airport violates Fourth Amendment and unconstitutional. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division -- St. Louis, Missouri federal court grants motion to suppress evidence seized from jacket pocket.

12) United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reverses the dismissal of a state prisoner's petition for writ of habeas corpus for being time-barred.

13) Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri - Federal prisoner's motion to vacate, set aside or correct sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 granted for counsel's ineffective assistance for failure to file notice of appeal. Movant's appeal successful. On remand, movant received lower sentence.

14) On appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, government concedes federal district court sentencing error. On remand, defendant received lower sentence.

15) Unlawful use of a weapon - exhibiting - found not guilty after jury trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court, Hillsboro, Missouri.

16) Forgery - former flight attendant found not guilty after jury trial in St. Louis County Circuit Court, Clayton, Missouri.