This client was on federal probation when he was charged with domestic violence and felony theft within two weeks of each other. To complicate matters, the theft was caught on video tape. These charges violated his federal probation; if violated, he faced up to three years in federal prison on the previous charges and an additional year in prison on the new charges. Needless to say, it seemed unlikely that the client would avoid prison. After six months of work, the domestic violence charges were dismissed, the theft was pled down to a misdemeanor for which the client received no jail time and no fine, and the client's federal probation was not revoked. Better yet, Mr. Davis convinced the federal probation officers to terminate the client's probation six months early.
My client was charged with two counts of drug trafficking. One count was a felony of the second degree and the other was a felony of the fourth degree. The charges were more serious because the transactions allegedly happened near a school. The client faced a mandatory prison sentence of up to nine and a half years. After eight months of negotiations with prosecutors and detectives, the client pled to one count of drug possession, a felony of the fifth degree. He was sentenced to three years of probation.
An Ohio State student with a challenging major and high grade point average was arrested by undercover police officers on a football game day. After discovering that the police had violated the client's constitutional rights, and that key pieces of evidence were missing, Mr. Davis was able to have the case dismissed.