2024

• July 2024:  Former Union Leader Sentenced to 6 years for Bribery and Embezzlement Convictions – Far Less than Up to 14 Year Sentence Feds Requested
• April 2024:  Federal Jury Trial for IBEW Local 98 Business Manager, John Dougherty, ends in mistrial – the judge declared the jury to be deadlocked after a two week extortion trial.
• March 2024: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED- Firearm recovered from defendant during an illegal search after a car stop by police. The charges were dismissed after the motion to suppress was granted. The defendant was currently on probation for a previous firearm charge.
• January 2024: GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE CHARGES DISMISSED – Philadelphia Police Department, Chief Inspector Carl Holmes was charged by a grand jury presentment in 2019, with sexually assaulting 3 different female police officers in 2004, 2006 and 2007.  After approximately 3 years of investigation and litigation, each of the 3 different victims’ cases was dismissed, and Chief Inspector Holmes was awarded back pay and ordered to be reinstated to his former position within the Department.

2023

• October 2023: HOMICIDE TRIAL – CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA – NOT GUILTY OF MURDER – A jury acquitted a woman of first and third degree murder and was justified or acted in self defense when she stabbed and killed a student at Lincoln University while defending herself, her brother and others during a physical altercation in a dormitory hallway.
• July 2023: Post Verdict Motion – NEW TRIAL GRANTED – The Defendant was convicted of 21 serious charges including but not limited to Rape by forcible compulsion, Rape of a Child, and other related charges.  The verdict was vacated due to the ineffective assistance of trial counsel and a new trial awarded by the trial court judge before sentencing.
• July 2023: TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Aggravated Assault (Felony of the 1st Degree), Strangulation (Felony of the 2nd Degree), and other related charges – Defendant charged with assaulting and strangling his ex-girlfriend at a parking garage on Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia.  Defense of fabrication.  The Defendant was acquitted of all charges.
• April 2023: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – Firearm recovered from defendant during a vehicle stop in which he was a front seat passenger – defendant was handcuffed and searched without probable cause in violation of the state and federal constitutions, Article I, Section 8 and the 4th Amendment.
• February 2023– TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Aggravated Assault (Felony of the 1st Degree), Strangulation (Felony of the 2nd Degree), and other related charges – Firefighter charged with assaulting and strangling his girlfriend.  Defendant claimed that his girlfriend fabricated the charges in an effort to gain an advantage in a child custody dispute.  The Defendant was acquitted of all charges.
• February 2023 – HOMICIDE TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – A store owner while leaving his store with a licensed firearm was carjacked and shot and killed the carjacker.  He was charged with murder.  The defendant was acquitted of all charges as the Court determined that he acted in self defense.
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• February 2023 – TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, Section 6105, Felony of the first degree and related charges – gun found by police during a vehicle investigation inside of a Gucci shoulder bag – circumstantial evidence of constructive possession was not sufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
  
• January 2023 – JURY TRIAL – ALL CHARGES DISMISSED – INVOLUNTARY DEVIANT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, AGGRAVATED INDECENT ASSAULT, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ETC. – In this case, Philadelphia Police Department, Chief Inspector Carl Holmes was charged by a grand jury presentment in 2019, with sexually assaulting 3 different female police officers in 2004, 2006 and 2007.  After approximately 2 years of investigation and litigation, each of the 3 different victims’ cases was dismissed.

2022

• November 2022: TRIAL – NOT GUILTY MURDER  – Defendant found guilty of misdemeanor simple assault after trial – defendant was merely present when victim was shot and killed and there was not a conspiracy between the defendant and the shooter.
• Novemeber 2022: CASE DISMISSED – RULE 600 MOTION GRANTED – Aggravated Assault, Criminal Conspiracy, Official Oppression, and related charges dismissed against prison guard for assaulting an inmate – Commonwealth violated the defendant’s right to a prompt trial in Pennsylvania by failing to act with due diligence in prosecuting the case under Rule 600.
• October 2022: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – Firearm recovered from vehicle during vehicle frisk for police officer safety pursuant to Com. v. Cartagena
• September 2022: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – Firearm recovered from vehicle without search warrant or probable cause and exigent circumstances 
• September 2022 – TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, Section 6105, Felony of the first degree and related charges – gun found by police during traffic stop secreted behind a control panel – circumstantial evidence of constructive possession was not sufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
• September 2022: CASE DISMISSED – Defendant charged in a driveby shooting – all charges dismissed after a preliminary hearing because the evidence was insufficient to prove that the Defendant was a co-conspirator to the shooting.
• September 2022: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – firearm recovered during pedestrian stop and frisk suppressed pursuant to Commonwealth v. Hicks.
• September 2022: MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – firearm and narcotics recovered from a parolee’s home during an enforcement action by Pennsylvania State Parole and also suppressed was the parolee’s statement as fruit of the poisonous tree – pursuant to Commonwealth v. E. Williams and 42 Pa. C.S.A. Section 9912.
• August 2022 – ALL CHARGES DISMISSED – Robbery, theft, carjacking.

• August 2022 – TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Theft, and other related charges – juvenile justice center employee was beaten and robbed and accused another employee as the perpetrator.  Defendant claimed that she was falsely accused and mistakenly identified.  The Court agreed and she was acquitted of all charges.
• July 2022: Gun charges dismissed – Motion to suppress granted and firearm recovered from a vehicle without a warrant was suppressed pursuant to Commonwealth v. Alexander
• June 2022: TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Rape, Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Statutory Sexual Assault, of a Minor, etc. Defendant rejected Commonwealth offer of 3 – 6 years in state prison, he was acquitted of all charges and he is home with his family.
• May 2022: Motion to suppress firearm and marijuana granted Commonwealth v. Freeman, Commonwealth v. Dewitt, Commonwealth v. Reppert and Commonwealth v. Alexander.
• April 2022: CASE DISMISSED per Rule 1013 (Speedy trial) – Commonwealth failed to act with due diligence – case dismissed per Commonwealth v. Harth
• April 2022: JURY TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, and Possessing an Instrument of Crime. The Defendant rejected the Commonwealth offer of 8 -16 years in state prison, he was acquitted of all charges and he is home with his family.
• March 2022: Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act- All Charges Dismissed
• March 2022: Bench trial – Not guilty all charges – Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, Reckless Endangerment, and Simple Assault
• March 2022: Motion to suppress 3 firearms was granted because traffic stop was ruled unlawful per Commonwealth v. Brubaker; consent to search vehicle was ruled unlawful per Commonwealth v. Mattis, and search exceeded scope of consent to search per Commonwealth v. Randolph.
• March 2022: Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act- All Charges Dismissed
• March 2022 – Drug charges dismissed – District Attorney concedes motion to suppress evidence recovered from the Defendant’s groin (approximately 300 pills) pursuant to a frisk during a vehicle stop for illegal window tint.  Commonwealth v. Malloy; In re T.W.; Commonwealth v. Stackfield, and Commonwealth v. Stevenson.
• February 2022: Charged with Burglary and related charges. All charges withdrawn at preliminary hearing.
• February 2022: Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Motion to Suppress granted pursuant to Commonwealth v Alexander.
• February 2022: Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act. Motion to Suppress granted pursuant to Commonwealth v. Alexander.
  
• January 2022: Originally charged with Aggravated Assault, Robbery, Simple Assault and related charges. Found not guilty on three charged and remaining charged were dismissed.
• January 2022: Motion to Quash Granted – Attempted Murder charged dismissed for Army Veteran

2021

• December 2021 – Case Dismissed – Habeas Corpus (Motion to Quash) granted as to all charges  – Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, Possession of a Firearm Prohibited, etc.
• November 2021: JURY TRIAL – NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES – Rape, Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, Statutory Sexual Assault, etc. Defendant rejected Commonwealth offer of 5 -10 years in state prison, he was acquitted of all charges and he is home with his family.
• October 2021: Motion to suppress granted on grounds that the police lacked probable casue to attempt to arrest and then chase the defendant. The items siezed by police were the result of unlawful conduct.
• October 2021: Motion to suppress granted as to two firearms from an automobile allegedly in plainview and as to narcotics recovered during a frisk and search of the defendant pursuant to Commonwealth v. Kue, Hawkins, Cartagena, Barr, Alexander and In re T.V.
• October 2021: Originally charged with Unlawful Contact with a Minor- Sexual Offense and six related charges. Guilty plea negotiated for Probation on Indecent Assault of a Person Less than 13 Years of Age with the remaining charges dismissed.
• October 2021: Charged with Criminal Trespassing and Criminal Mischief- found not guilty on both charges. Burglary charge deposed at lower court.
• October 2021: Defendant who shot and killed in self-defense gets house arrest for the Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, 6105
• October 2021: Aggravated Assault and related charges- all charges dismissed.
• October 2021: Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA) and Distribution with Intent to Deliver (PWID) – 2 firearms and narcotics recovered from secret compartment in automobile not owned by defendant – charges dismissed after preliminary hearing – lack of evidence as to knowledge of presence of contraband pursuant to Commonwealth v. Boatwright and Commonwealth v. Parrish.
• October 2021: Motion to Supress granted as to drugs and firearm recovered from a house pursuant to Commonwealth v. Way, Commonwealth v. Kline, Commonwealth v. Nicholson and Commonwealth v. Romero.
• October 2021: Criminal Tresspassing and Damaged Property charges- Found Not Guilty.
• September 2021: Drug distribution charges- all charges dismissed.
• September 2021: Possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and marijuana and fire arm charge. All charges dismissed after motion to suppress evidence was litigated and granted pursuant to Commonwealth v. Alexander.
• September 2021: Motion to Dismiss by Compulsory Joinder Rule 110 (Double Jeopardy) – 19 counts of Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act, 6105, 19 counts of theft (19 firearms) – All charges dismissed.
• September 2021: Motion to Suppress conceded by District Attorney’s Office for drug distribution charges. All charges dismissed.