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Major Losses

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FELONY MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE (QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE)

Found GUILTY and sentenced to life in prison on count 1; sentenced to death on counts 2, 3 and 4.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FELONY VIOLATION OF PROBATION

Found GUILTY of Capital Sexual Battery and NOT GUILTY of First Degree Murder. Sentenced to Life in Prison.

MISDEMEANOR
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, DUI (NO BLOW)

GUILTY, maximum sentence of 6 months imposed. Note: Many believe they cannot get the maximum sentence if they lose at trial. As this one shows, you can.

MISDEMEANOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY, RESISTING ARREST WITHOUT VIOLENCE

Ninety (90) days in jail as a condition of probation. Rejected advice and paid the price.

MISDEMEANOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (BATTERY)

Eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days in county jail. Note: Avoid violations of No Contact orders at all times.

Split Decisions

FELONY
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM

NOT GUILTY of the felony charge, but GUILTY of Improper Exhibition of a Firearm.

FELONY
WALTON COUNTY, SECOND DEGREE MURDER

Found NOT GUILTY of Second Degree Murder, but GUILTY of a Lessor Included Offense (LIO)

FELONY
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, DUI WITH SERIOUS BODILY INJURIES

REDUCTION from mandatory prison felony charge to a misdemeanor DUI, and then the charge was SUBSTITUTED for Reckless Driving and probation.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, SEXUAL BATTERY

NOT GUILTY of Sexual Battery, GUILTY of misdemeanor Battery

MISDEMEANOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY, DUI, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA UNDER 20 GRAMS, POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA

Pled as charged to count 1, counts 2 & 3 DISMISSED

MISDEMEANOR
WALTON COUNTY, MULTI-DRUG POSSESSION INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, SALE AND POSSESSION CHARGES WITHIN 1000 FEET OF A SCHOOL

Maximum of 120 years with a plea offer of 10 years Department of Corrections settled for thirty-six (36) months with credit for time already served.

MISDEMEANOR
OKALOOSA COUNTY, DUI

Substitution of charge for Reckless

Victories

FELONY
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM

DAMAGE CONTROL

Pled No Contest and received a Downward Departure of probation and thirty (30) days in jail (credit for time served). Another one of our signature damage control methods, brain imaging based sentences that focus on treatment instead of punishment.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, UNLAWFUL USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE

DAMAGE CONTROL

Pled No Contest and was sentenced to Four years of probation. Brain imaging based sentence departure.

FELONY
WALTON COUNTY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, TRANSMISSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

After a long pretrial period, the client was found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and discharged from all supervision at the Commitment Hearing.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FELONY VIOLATION OF PROBATION (POSITIVE DRUG TEST)

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

DISMISSED

FELONY
WALTON COUNTY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY STRANGULATION

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

DISMISSED

FELONY
SANTA ROSA COUNTY, VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, RACING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MANSLAUGHTER

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

Found NOT GUILTY by jury verdict.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY (TWO COUNTS)

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

Found NOT GUILTY after a trial by an all female jury.

FELONY
OKALOOSA COUNTY, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON

DISMISSALS AND NOT GUILTY TRIAL VERDICTS

DISMISSED during the State's presentation of case.

WALTON COUNTY, TRANSMISSION OF PORNOGRAPHY TO A CHILD

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

OKALOOSA COUNTY, POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Found incompetent, unable to obtain competency; Charges dismissed