Sex Crimes

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Negotiated a sentence which was half of the mandatory minimum under Federal Guidelines for possession of over 500,000 images of Child Pornography in Virginia.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Won acquittal in Pomona in less than an hour for exhusband charged with cracking ex wife’s ribs by showing that his physical disability not only rendered him unable to do what she claimed but also by showing that she lied about having been injured.

Convinced the DA to reject a Domestic Violence case by proving injuries inflicted by my client’s spurs were in self defense since she was neither a gymnast nor an acrobat.

RAPE

Won rape acquittal by convincing Pasadena jury that sex was consensual after accuser admitted she was high on drugs.

Won a third strike Burbank case where adolescent girl claimed my Client had raped her after uncovering evidence of prior inconsistent statements  that she was a perpetual runaway with a habit for telling lies.

MOLESTATION

Successfully obtained a withdrawal of a molestation plea and non registerable plea for a mentally ill client whose prior counsel had pled him to a lifelong registration.

Won a release for a Client charged with molesting a 5 year old based on her testimony and her mother when we showed the girl changed her story after her mercurial mother accused him of abuse after he told her he was moving out. 

Won a Van Nuys acquittal when mother and daughter accused Client of peeping into their changing room when it was shown their stories differed and substantially changed after they spoke with their cop husband/father. 

Won West Covina case where two high school girls claimed Client had molested both of them when showed the voluminous lies they had told.

SEXUAL BATTERY

Obtained dismissal of Whittier case where client sexually assaulted elderly neighbor  was shown to  under the influence of a prescription medication which in some cases was documented to cause sexually inappropriate behavior

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

Won release after two trials where Client charged as Sexual Violent Predator after having twice been convicted of child molest and lewd conduct convincing jury client did not pose a substantial risk of reoffense.

Won a dismissal of SVP case at a Probable Cause Hearing when the judge found the state’s expert not credible.