Notable Cases

Commonwealth vs. Charlton

Case Number: 10-CR-2815

Charges: Murder

Result: Not Guilty at jury trial

Commonwealth vs. Johnson

Case Numbers: 07-CR00802 and 09-CR-1516

Charges: Murder and Persistent Felony Offender 2nd Degree

Result: Not Guilty at jury trial 

Commonwealth vs. Duff

Case Number: 13-CR-2919

Charges: Multiple counts of enhanced drug trafficking because of firearm

Result: Dismissal 

Commonwealth vs. Trowell

Case Number: 14-CR-000856

Charges: One count Trafficking in Cocaine; one count Trafficking in Heroin

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. White

Case Number: 07-CR-3276

Charge: Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

Result: Not Guilty at jury trial

Commonwealth vs. Moore

Case Number: 08-CR-2830

Charges: Murder, Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon, Tampering with Physical Evidence and PFO 1st Degree

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Nolen

Case Number: 08-CR-1377

Charge: Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Lockett

Case Number: 05-CR-2398

Charges: Rape 1st Degree (2 counts), Sodomy 1st Degree (5 counts), Sex Abuse 1st Degree (4 counts) and Persistent Felony Offender 1st Degree

Result: Negotiated a plea agreement amending one count of Rape 1st Degree to Sexual Misconduct (10 months credit for time served); all other charges Dismissed

Commonwealth vs. Mitchem

Case Number: 08-CR-2814

Charges: Robbery 1st Degree, Burglary 2nd Degree and several Class D felony offenses

Result: Dismissal 

Commonwealth vs. Wells

Case Number: 06-CR-2777

Charges: Trafficking in Cocaine and Use/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Holland

Case Number: 08-CR-0725

Charge: Robbery 1st Degree (complicity)

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Johnson

Case Number: 05-CR-0951

Charges: Robbery 1st Degree, Kidnapping, Wanton Endangerment 1st Degree, Tampering with Physical Evidence and Criminal Trespass 1st Degree

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Langley

Case Number: 06-CR-1087

Charges: Burglary 2nd Degree, Theft by Unlawful Taking Over $300 and Persistent Felony Offender 2nd Degree

Result: Dismissal

Commonwealth vs. Holt

Case Number: 05-CR-0903

Charges: Assault 1st Degree (2 counts)

Result: Negotiated a plea agreement where both Assault 1st Degree charges were amended down to Assault 4th Degree misdemeanors. Client received conditional discharge time and was released from custody.

Commonwealth vs. Joseph Banis

Case Number: 10-CR-001867-001

Charges: Murder

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Client was facing the death penalty

Result: Client received a 20-year sentence

Commonwealth vs. Dewayne Hall

Case Number: 23-CR-000466

Charges: Drug Trafficking and Possession of a Handgun by a Felon

Client was facing a minimum of 10 years to serve with no probation

Result: Client was found not guilty of most charges and received probation on a simple possession of a controlled substance 

Commonwealth vs. Michael E. Rhynes, Jr.

Case Number: 20-CR-001749

Charges: Murder (x3)

Client was facing the death penalty for three separate homicides

Result: Client received a sentence of Life Without Parole for 25 years; he will see a parole board after serving approximately 22 years .