Crimes of Violence

owis

• Misdemeanor drunk driving charge dismissed in Mason County, Michigan.
• OWI dismissed for University of Michigan student following conversations with prosecutor’s office regarding field sobriety tests and client’s circumstances.
• Three OWI cases dismissed in Muskegon County and Oceana County following motions to suppress based on improper field sobriety tests, preliminary breath tests, and lack of probable cause to arrest.
• Full driving privileges restored to multiple clients with OWIs through Michigan Secretary of State hearings.
• OWI dismissed in Newaygo County, Michigan, following motion to dismiss.
• OWI dismissed in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, after filing motion to suppress. Prosecution conceded and dismissed case without argument.
• Client found not guilty by jury of operating while intoxicated in Newaygo County, Michigan.
• Misdemeanor OWI case dismissed on prosecutor’s motion for lack of evidence in Kent County, Michigan.
• Not-guilty verdict following trial on operating with a high BAC in Kent County, Michigan.

drug cases

• Not-guilty verdict following jury trial on all federal drug and firearms charges in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
• No jail sentence on federal drug charges in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York. Judge granted a downward variance from guidelines range of 46-57 months.
• Possession of cocaine charges dismissed following a suppression motion in Berrien County, Michigan.
• Not-guilty verdict on all felony drug charges in Oceana County, Michigan.
• Habitual offender felony drug possession charges dismissed following motion to dismiss based on improper traffic stop and inventory search in Newaygo County, Michigan.
• Defeated federal cocaine-use supervised release violation charge using the government’s own expert witness, who conceded that the low level of cocaine found on sweat patch could be due to environmental factors. United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. .
• Recovered vast majority of seized assets from local task force seizure, in addition to garnering favorable no-jail plea deal.
• Auto-worker charged with drug conspiracy acquitted after federal trial.
• Not-guilty verdict following trial on misdemeanor drug charge in Kent County, Michigan.

sex offenses

Juvenile Offenses & HYTA

• First-offender diversion program and no juvenile record for high school student accused of taking inappropriate photographs in Ludington, Michigan.
• Charges declined in Ottawa County, Michigan, against juvenile accused of inappropriate touching after passing two polygraph examinations.
• No jail time HYTA sentence for college student with no criminal record in Washtenaw County, Michigan, after CSC-1st and CSC-3rd charges were filed against him from years prior.
• Won motion to exclude evidence of “other bad acts” in a CSC-3rd degree juvenile case in Muskegon County, Michigan. Won directed verdict for acquittal following prosecutor’s presentation of case to the jury at trial.
• Motion for HYTA dismissal granted to client charged with four felonies.
• Charges declined in Ottawa County, Michigan, against a high school student accused of criminal sexual conduct after SBBL Law provided police with a letter from the purported victim admitting that she had memory issues, prior trauma, and remembered things differently over time.

Criminal Appeals

• MCR 6.500 motions granted in two cases in Ionia County and Wayne County, Michigan, where the judges improperly added lifetime electronic monitoring after entry of the judgment.
• Won interlocutory appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court in criminal case, and case was remanded to the Court of Appeals.
• Sixth Circuit federal criminal appeal granted in a published opinion relating to a sentencing guidelines issue of “double counting.”
• Obtained early release from jail due to COVID-19 to allow two Newaygo County defendants to begin residential drug treatment early.

Title IX Cases

• College student accused of campus sexual assault in Grand Rapids, Michigan, found not responsible following Title IX hearing. Complainant appealed, and hearing was redone. Won second hearing in front of a new panel. Obtained civil settlement for wrongfully accused student. No criminal charges filed.
• Won Title IX appeal for complainant in high school sexual harassment case in Union County, North Carolina.
• Won Title IX hearing for female college freshman accused of inappropriate touching in Allendale, Michigan. No criminal charges filed.
• Title IX case dismissed against college student in Gratiot County, Michigan, following initial interview with investigator.
• Successfully removed Title IX investigator for bias against the accused college student in a campus sexual assault investigation in Ottawa County, Michigan. New third-party investigator found accused student not responsible. No criminal charges filed.