Criminal Law Blog
April 09, 2007
March was a good month for dismissals!
Four DWI cases were dismissed in March, two on March 8th and two on March 15th. I’ve already written about those in the “Results” section of this website.
Also, two clients wrote kind notes to me that I’ve put into the “Testimonial” section. One of the de-identified clients, DS, had one of the DWI dismissals, and the other had an assault with injury charge dismissed.
The assault with injury charge was a battle royale that lasted 5 years. It included a thorny legal issue having to do with equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Some people complain about criminal defense lawyers getting their clients off on “technicalities.”
Those technicalities are often rooted in the U.S. Constitution or in the laws passed by the elected representatives of the complainers. Speaking for myself, I’m proud to see justice done to my clients, through a dismissal or otherwise, by fighting for an issue established in such “technicalities.”
Also, to some, “technicalities” may seem like picayune loopholes that defense lawyers take advantage of to get their clients out of trouble, until the person who complains about “technicalities” finds himself facing a criminal charge. Then they seem like important points of law. It’s a matter of your point of view.