Victory for Those Who Dare Greatly

Client was arrested and charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter, and one count of armed criminal action. If convicted of the offenses, the client would have faced a mandatory minimum of three years in Missouri Department of corrections.  One the first day of jury selection State agreed to plea offer which resulted in SIS probation, and a dismissal of the offense charged in count two. 

In Jackson County Circuit Court, our client was charged with second-degree murder — a Class A felony carrying the potential for decades behind bars. At trial, we presented a thorough and strategic case that exposed key weaknesses in the State’s theory and established critical facts supporting a lesser view of the incident. After careful deliberation, the jury rejected the State’s charge of 2nd-degree murder and instead returned a verdict of involuntary manslaughter — a far less serious offense. Undeniably, a major legal victory, significantly reducing our client’s potential prison exposure and ensuring a more just outcome in a highly publicized case.

Client was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance following a vehicle stop in Johnson County, Kansas. After a thorough review of the traffic stop and subsequent search, we filed a motion to suppress the evidence based on violations of our client’s Fourth Amendment rights. The court granted the motion, finding that the search was unconstitutional and the evidence inadmissible. With the key evidence excluded, the prosecution was forced to dismiss the charge.

The client was arrested and charged with possession of the controlled substance. The arrest was made after officers stopped client on Interstate-35 due to an alleged “window tint” violation. A motion to suppress was filed on behalf of the client, wherein we seek to have the charges dismissed due to the inherent 4^th Amendment violations within the initial traffic stop. At the hearing, Attorney Crawford challenged the officer’s lack of training, knowledge, and/or expertise when it came to the alleged “illegal window tint” and using a device to test the level of tint. The Court granted the motion to suppress and the charges were dismissed.

Kansas client was charged with possession of CS stemming from an arrest during a traffic stop. A disposition was negotiated that kept any record of the charge off of client’s permanent record, although there was a two (2) year term of supervised probation to be served. After six (6) months motion for early release from probation was filed and granted. Client was released and was able to avoid serving approximately eighteen (18) months of probation

The client was charged with DWI and resisting arrest. We fought to prevent consequences of the DWI from causing long-term damaging consequences. We litigated the case up to when it was set for trial. The charges were dismissed on the date of the trial setting, as a result of a motion to dismiss charges filed by Attorney Crawford on behalf of the client which challenged the admissibility of several key items of evidence the prosecution intended to rely on at trial.