During an ongoing divorce case, the Husband was awarded emergency full time-sharing after the Wife’s heavy alcohol use prompted a DCF investigation.

In a pending and ongoing divorce, the Wife was violating court orders. The Husband was granted exclusive use and possession of the marital home as an emergency.

Injunctions for protection against stalking are seldom granted. However, in this case, Jessica was able to prove in court that the Client’s boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend hired a private investigator to follow her, sent text messages implying she would have her deported, followed her minor daughter and photographed her at a grocery store, and made a false report to DCF. After hours of testimony and evidence, the Court granted an injunction for the Client and her 2 children.

The Defendant was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the first degree. The evidence showed that she shot her husband 9 times, when he was unarmed and either asleep or laying on a couch. Jessica, with the help of expert forensic psychologist, was able to show the jury that the Client was a battered spouse, and though her husband was not armed at the time of the shooting, she was reasonably defending herself. The entire trial was televised and Jessica was interviewed extensively. Since this trial, Jessica has appeared regularly on Court TV as a court analyst.

The Defendant was charged with violent and sexual crimes against 2 minors. Jessica was able to show the State Attorney’s Office that the minors were lying about the details of what actually happened. Jessica was also able to show through their social media and texts that the minors initiated the incident. The State Attorney’s office could not ignore Jessica’s arguments and dismissed all of the most serious charged and the Defendant was sentenced to Probation, where he had been facing life in prison.

The client was alleged to have beaten a man outside of a club on South Beach. Jessica was able to locate and obtain a cell phone video, via social media, that captured the entire incident, revealing that the alleged victim had started the fight and the client was merely defending himself.

The client was alleged to have sold his prescription morphine and oxycodone to a confidential informant. Jessica did a Motion to Disclose the Identity of Confidential Informant and the Motion was granted. Jessica was able to show the jury that the informant was a liar and had entrapped the client, a law abiding citizen and a veteran, in return for keeping himself out of prison.

The client was alleged to have sold his prescription medication to a confidential informant and was facing a 15 year minimum mandatory prison sentence. Jessica filed a Motion to Disclose the Identity of the Confidential Informant based on the Defense of Entrapment. The Motion was granted and the State, intending on keeping the identity of the informant secret, had no choice but to dismiss the charges.

The alleged victim was stabbed with a knife, tied up and left in a bath tub. Unfortunately, the client made a statement to the police upon his arrest, and admitted that he had stabbed the victim, tied him up and left him in the bath tub. Jessica argued a hybrid defense of self-defense and insanity, explaining to the jury that the client had a long documented history of severe mental health issues and abuse and he truly believed that he was under attack when he took those violent actions; he believed that he was defending his own life.

The police alleged that the client was in a vehicle that dropped off another man to sell narcotics to a buyer who ended up being a confidential informant. The police detained and searched the client, on that basis, and claimed they found Heroin in his pocket. Jessica filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence, and upon review of the Motion, the prosecutor dismissed the case. Thereafter, Jessica filed a Motion to return the client’s property to him and it was granted. The police were ordered to return the client’s cell phone and cash to him.

The alleged victims claimed that the client and her friend pushed their way into their home with a gun in hand, demanding a television. One of the alleged victims could not remember what happened so the prosecutor did a motion for the jury to hear that alleged victim’s original statement to the police. Jessica objected and, after a full hearing and testimony of the alleged victim, the Judge agreed with Jessica and the statement was not admitted. The prosecution then reduced the charge to Burglary with a Battery and offered probation. However, the client chose to take the case to trial. Jessica was able to track down and obtain a cell phone video of the crime from a neighbor which proved the client was merely present for the crime but did not actually commit a crime.

During an ongoing divorce case, the Husband was awarded emergency full time-sharing after the Wife’s heavy alcohol use prompted a DCF investigation.

In a pending and ongoing divorce, the Wife was violating court orders. The Husband was granted exclusive use and possession of the marital home as an emergency.

Injunctions for protection against stalking are seldom granted. However, in this case, Jessica was able to prove in court that the Client’s boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend hired a private investigator to follow her, sent text messages implying she would have her deported, followed her minor daughter and photographed her at a grocery store, and made a false report to DCF. After hours of testimony and evidence, the Court granted an injunction for the Client and her 2 children.