The client hired Jessica after spending about 9 months in jail, after his bond was revoked due to an additional arrest. Within weeks, Jessica filed a Motion to Suppress and a Demand for a Speedy trial. On the date of the hearing, the State offered Time Served. The client accepted and was then able to post a bond on his other case.

This was a delicate case because of the client’s personal and professional ties to the community. A conviction would have been devastating. The client complet ed a three (3) month diversion program, and the charge was dismissed.

The client violated her probation by leaving the County, but the warrant mistakenly stated that she was also arrested for a new crime of Grand Theft. What really happened was that she was with someone and that other person was arrested for Grand Theft, but because of the mistake in the warrant, she would have had to wait at least a month behind bars before the case could be resolved. Within three (2) days, Jessica was able to get to the bottom of the mistake, through communications with the probation officer and a supervisor at the State Attorney’s Office. The next day the client was set for court and was reinstated on probation.

The client’s baby mamma accused him of violently attacking her. The client hired Jessica immediately and she contacted the filing attorney at the State Attorney’s Office to make sure that charges were not filed until they heard the whole story. Jessica explained the alleged victim’s history of violent behavior, as well as the fact that there was an eye witness who saw the alleged victim attack the client, while the client merely defended himself. The State declined to file the charges, and the client was thrilled.

The client was accused of approaching a child in a private area of a public place and behaving inappropriately. A condition of the Client’s probation was “no unsupervised contact with children.” Jessica successfully argued to the prosecutor that “unsupervised contact” was too vague and the State could not prove that the allegations constituted “unsupervised contact.” The State recommended a dismissal of the violation and the Court followed that recommendation.

The client was an elderly gentleman who was renting a room in his home out to a transient young woman. The young woman / alleged victim accused the client of trying to run her over with his vehicle, after a serious argument, and while he was under the influence. The alleged victim was asking for the maximum sentence of 5 years in prison, the state attorney agreed with her, and the Judge declined to offer a better deal. To make matters worse, the client was in jail without bond, due to a violation of bond conditions. The day after the client went into custody Jessica filed a Demand for Speedy Trial. She presented evidence that the alleged victim was lying and blackmailing the client and his family for money, an that it all started because she did not want to move out of the room even though she was not paying rent. Jessica also determined that the State had improperly scored (too old) a prior for Drug Trafficking that was causing the client to score mandatory prison. On the day of trial, the State offered probation and the client happily accepted and was released the same day.