Attorney Jim Sullivan has represented more than 3,000 clients in criminal and juvenile courts in Harris and surrounding counties. The cases listed in the graph below and the detailed accounts that follow the graph represent just a small fraction of those by Jim Sullivan. The cases listed in the graph cover just those between January 2008 to May 2012. A graph covering the cases represented since 1994 would be much too lengthy to post. However, all of the criminal cases (which have not been sealed or expunged) can be verified with their case number through the website of the Harris county district clerk at http://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/eDocs/Public/Search.aspx.
Note: When a Grand Jury No Bills a felony complaint, it means that the case is dismissed and the accused can seek an expunction of the criminal records relating to that accusation. All felony cases listed were no billed after the grand jury reviewed an extensive packet prepared by Jim Sullivan.
1° = 1st Degree Felony, 2° = 2nd Degree Felony, 3° = 3rd Degree Felony, SJF = State Jail Felony, A = Class A Misdemeanor, B = Class B Misdemeanor
Certainly each case is different. Similar results may not be obtained in your case and past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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CASE # |
CT # |
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE |
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2013 |
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CASE NOT YET FILED |
MATA- GORDA COUNTY |
INJURY TO A CHILD (3° Felony) in Matagorda County (Bay City) |
NO BILLED BY A GRAND JURY (Client accused of causing bodily injury to her 10 year old son by striking him in his ribs) |
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JUVENILE |
FORT BEND COUNTY |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) in Fort Bend County (Richmond) |
REDUCED TO CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT with no Disposition (Client accused of touching his 12 year old younger sister when he was 14. Case was resolved after client finished sex offender counseling) |
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JUVENILE |
315 |
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY (1° Felony)(2 Cases) |
3 YEARS OF DETERMINATE PROBATION AT HOME (16 year old client drove 2 guys on a crime spree–robbing several people in a short period of time. One guy got away and the other who was 17 received 3 years at TDC on a reduced aggravated assault charge) |
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JUVENILE |
314 |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) |
JURY TRIAL: NOT GUILTY (15 year old client was accused of abusing his 2½ year old niece and her 4 year old brother was an alleged eyewitness. Niece did have injuries documented in a medical examination, but a thorough defense investigation uncovered severe credibility issues with the children and their mother, the outcry witness, and other reasonable explanations for the injuries were not investigated by law enforcement) |
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1855206 |
8 |
INTERFERING WITH DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVANT (B) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client was a decorated Iraqi war veteran with PTSD and accused of being drunk at a bar and interfering with a police investigation) |
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1360460 |
182 |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE ENHANCED (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT with time served, 3 days in county jail. Client had 2 previous Assault family violence convictions involving a different complainant. |
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1873091 |
1 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of possessing marihuana at his high school) |
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ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2012 |
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1861238 |
7 |
THEFT |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing an I-Pad from a restaurant) |
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JUVENILE |
315 |
AUTO THEFT (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing an acquaintance’s car) |
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CASE NOT YET FILED |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) in Montgomery County (Conroe) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of sexually abusing his 16 year old nephew) |
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1836380 |
14 |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (B) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of possessing Xanax without a prescription) |
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08-02655 |
Jefferson County Criminal District Court |
THEFT (SJF) in Jefferson County (Beaumont) |
REDUCED TO CLASS B MISDEMEANOR with 20 actual days in county jail and no restitution (Client accused of stealing over $10,000 from his employer and allegedly signed a voluntary confession. Thorough investigation by defense counsel cast serious doubt on the State’s ability to prove their case at trial) |
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JUVENILE |
315th |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony), ASSAULT FV (A), ASSAULT FV (A), RESISTING ARREST (B) |
DEFERRED PROSECUTION ON FELONY and stipulations on 3 misdemeanor cases. Cases were later dismissed after completion of deferred (Client with severe psychological problems accused of committing assault against her mother on 2 separate occasions and her sister’s boyfriend) |
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JUVENILE |
315th |
ARSON (1° Felony) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of setting fire to a house while using drugs) |
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JUVENILE |
Brazoria County |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) in Brazoria County (Angleton) |
REDUCED TO 3° FELONY ENTICING A CHILD WITH PROBATION AT HOME (13 year old client was originally accused of sexually abusing a 6 year old stepsister. With the reduction, client can never be made to register as a sex offender) |
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JUVENILE |
315th |
FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID (3° Felony) |
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION. CASE WAS DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETING DIVERSION PROGRAM ON MARCH 28, 2013 (Client was originally accused of Aggravated Assault after running over drug dealer to save friend’s life. The complainant suffered a broken hip) |
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1355748 |
248th |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Assault Family Member)(A) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION (Client falsely accused of having contact with complainant without permission of the court) |
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1356656 |
180TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER BY IMPEDING (3° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of choking his girlfriend) |
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1352705 |
339TH |
PCS 4G – 200G (Enhanced to 1° Felony) |
5 YEARS DADJ (Persuaded court to grant client deferred adjudication probation with outpatient drug treatment even though client had a prior felony drug conviction) |
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1316057 |
339TH |
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony) |
3 YEARS DADJ (After preparing case for trial, persuaded court to grant client deferred adjudication probation on his third evading by motor vehicle case even though client had prior felony convictions) |
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JUVENILE |
313TH |
EXHIBITION OF FIREARM AT SCHOOL (3° Felony) |
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION. CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM (Client accused of threatening to bring a gun to school to shoot other students) |
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1765259 |
4 |
THEFT (B) |
DISMISSED (Client accused of shoplifting and successfully completed a Pre-Trial Intervention) |
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JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (3°) and ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (A) |
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION. CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM (Client accused of hitting mother and on a later date threatening her with a steak knife) |
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1794186 |
10 |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Possession of Marihuana)(B) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION (Client hired Jim Sullivan after firing her first attorney) |
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1845325 |
14 |
HARBORING A RUNAWAY (A) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of giving shelter to a runaway teenager) |
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1340646 |
184TH |
INJURY TO A CHILD (1° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of breaking his infant son’s leg and 3 ribs) |
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1812130 |
4 |
THEFT (A) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing a cell phone at a party) |
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1336650 |
351ST |
ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER/ IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of choking his wife during an argument) |
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1341002 |
183RD |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of intentionally trying to drive into and strike her girlfriend) |
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1338389 |
339TH |
EVADING BY MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of evading police in her car when she drove about ½ mile at the posted speed limit before stopping at a friend’s house after a police officer had switched on his strobe lights) |
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JUVENILE |
FT BEND COUNTY |
STALKING (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO CLASS B MISDEMEANOR TERRORISTIC THREAT WITH PROBATION AT HOME (Client accused of threatening to kill high school class mate and following her around) |
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1332791 |
185TH |
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of having sex with 16 year old girl that falsely claimed she was 18) |
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1319150 |
337TH |
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION (SJF) |
SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS TDC ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING AFTER ORIGINALLY FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of failing to register after the 5th year) |
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1320193 & 1322637 |
232nd |
FELON IN POSSESSION FIREARM (3° Felony) & UUMV (SJF) |
SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS STATE JAIL FACILITY AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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1319350 |
337TH |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD BY EXPOSURE (3° Felony) |
RECEIVED 2 YEARS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION AT PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE SETTING AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of exposing himself to teenage stepdaughter) |
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1329665 |
177TH |
BRIBERY (1°) |
RECEIVED 5 YEARS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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JUVENILE |
313TH |
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (Class A Misdemeanor) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client and his friends were accused of damaging an empty apartment next to their school) |
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CC 11-836 |
WALLER COUNTY
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ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of injuring ex-wife after divorce was final. Client insisted he was innocent. State dismissed the case “in the interest of justice”). |
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JUVENILE |
314TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
RECEIVED DEFERRED PROSECUTION (Client accused of threatening to stab classmate in the neck with a pair of sharp scissors) |
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1328289 |
351ST |
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client, a disabled Army veteran, was accused of fleeing police after an alleged shoplifting) |
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1306891 |
339TH |
ROBBERY (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON JURY TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing cell phone after attacking his girlfriend)(State only offered 4 years in prison before trial) |
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CASE # |
CT # |
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE |
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2011 |
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1321679 |
184TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused breaking into home while homeowner was home, however client had credible alibi witnesses at the time of the alleged burglary) |
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1788479 |
9 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1283222 |
228TH |
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION (3°) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1320824 |
337TH |
EVADE ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC) |
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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96222 |
LIBERTY COUNTY |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) in Liberty County (Liberty) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of hitting his wife) |
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1318813 |
179TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFENDER (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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1778741 |
9 |
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (B) |
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1317892 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
314TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1320509 |
337TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFNDER (Enhanced to 2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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926980 |
337th |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (THEFT)(SJF) |
REVOKED AND SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED (100 days HCJ under §12.44a)(Client had a reasonable due diligence argument regarding the failure of the police to arrest the defendant soon after the violation of probation) |
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1317454 |
337th |
THEFT FROM A PERSON (SJF) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING and granted 2 years DADJ |
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JUVENILE |
315TH |
TERRORISTIC THREAT (B) |
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION. CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM (Client accused of organizing group to take over middle school and threatened to kill teachers) |
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JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) |
2 YEAR PROBATION AT HOME WITH SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING AND NO REGISTRATION |
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1278554 |
337th |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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1245594 |
232ND |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO BURGLARY OF A BUILDING (SJF) with 6 months HCJ under §12.44a |
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1284911 |
337TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (ROBBERY)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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1303014 |
337TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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1287859 |
337TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (AGGRAVATED ROBBERY)(1° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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1219184 |
337TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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1736017 |
7 |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON JURY TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) and INDECENCY WITH A CHILD |
1 YEAR PROBATION AT HOME WITH SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING AND NO REGISTRATION (Family hired attorney after client had confessed to police and began counseling) |
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1281492 + 1281493 |
174TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (1° Felony enhanced from 2° Felony based on prior penitentiary trips) |
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC ON JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (State only offered 10 years prior to trial) |
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1287564 |
174TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
PSI HEARING, RECEIVED DADJ PROBATION (Client with mental illness stabbed his girlfriend in the arm and upper back. State only offered prison time) |
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1302447 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of intentionally driving into and hitting the new girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend) |
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1304674 |
174TH |
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1072069 |
178TH |
SEXUAL ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
JURY TRIAL. JURY FOUND CLIENT GUILTY, ASSESSED 4 YEARS TDC AND RECOMMENDED PROBATION. Client received 5 years of probation. Prior to trial, State’s best offer was 5 years at TDC. |
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1303747 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1302814 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of hitting man in head with beer bottle outside a bar; client claimed self-defense) |
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1265758 |
178TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
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1291937 |
263RD |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (1° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Police Officer shot at 4 unarmed teenagers in a truck and claimed that client pointed a gun at him) |
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1280973 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
JURY TRIAL – NOT GUILTY (Client believed he was about to be robbed by 2 men outside a bar; client claimed self-defense) |
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1728531 |
13 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
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1728532 |
13 |
CARRYING A WEAPON (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
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1290473 |
338TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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1270822 |
176TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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1298554 |
232ND |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS |
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1285290 |
174TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY CHOKING (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
315TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING |
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1649077 |
13 |
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (DWI) 1ST OFFENDER (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
313TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1290201 |
338TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1721804 |
4 |
FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION (FSGI) (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1293958 |
183RD |
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING ARREST |
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1291050 |
339TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
314TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1292309 |
232ND |
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING ARREST |
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1290883 |
183RD |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFENDER (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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JUVENILE |
313TH |
ROBBERY (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1289876 |
232ND |
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS OF A HABITATION WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1239044 |
338TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Felony Habitual) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
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1285161 |
174TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1620865 |
5 |
DWI 1ST OFFENDER (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1260519 |
174TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT)(2° Felony) |
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
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1281977 |
174TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of hitting other woman in head with metal pole) |
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1281428 |
174TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of hitting wife multiple times after both had been drinking) |
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1242240 |
338TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (THEFT)(State Jail Felony) |
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
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1290201 |
338TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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CASE # |
CT # |
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE |
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2010 |
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1283460 |
232nd |
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female) |
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1271051 |
182ND |
ARSON (Habitation)(1° FELONY) |
DISMISSED BY STATE AND RE-FILED AS A MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF |
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JUVENILE |
314TH |
MOTION TO DE-REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER |
GRANTED, JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER ALLOWED TO DE-REGISTER |
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1267878 |
339TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY CHOKING (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1267877 |
339TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1-4g (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1274492 |
339TH |
ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1261476 |
338TH |
THEFT (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
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1275771 |
180TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY |
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1268926 |
339TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
313TH |
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1280607 |
178TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1277540 |
232ND |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1227382 |
183RD |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Robbery)(3° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
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1270564 |
176TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY |
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1275133 |
178TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1231097 |
3 |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Theft) |
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE. PROBATION ENDED W/O CONVICTION. |
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1703584 |
15 |
DWI 2ND OFFENDER (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
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1264919 |
232ND |
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female) |
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1114342 |
339TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2° Felony) |
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATINO |
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1067890 |
184TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (DWI 3RD OFFENDER)(3° Felony) |
MRP (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE. CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
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JUVENILE |
313TH |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
313TH |
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1610477 |
7 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
313TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS AND GRANTED DEFERRED PROSECUTION |
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1260791 |
232ND |
ROBBERY (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1659992 |
9 |
ASSAULT (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF A PROHIBITED WEAPON (A) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CARRYING A WEAPON |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1220515 |
179TH |
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING; CLIENT FACED SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FOR LIFE |
|
1220516 |
179TH |
COMPELLING PROSTITUTION OF A CHILD (Felony Habitual)(2° Felony) |
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC PRIOR TO SECOND JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
|
1670880 |
1 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
REDUCED TO CLASS C MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA |
|
1256293 |
174TH |
ATTEMPTED DISARMING POLICE OFFICER (STATE JAIL FELONY) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR RESISTING ARREST |
|
1252585 |
262ND |
FORGERY OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT (3° FELONY) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of passing a counterfeit $100 bill at store) |
|
1247461 |
232ND |
FORGERY OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT (STATE JAIL FELONY) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR FORGERY |
|
1256660 |
232ND |
ROBBERY (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO SFJ THEFT FROM A PERSON |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN SCHOOL ZONE (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PCS |
|
1241754 |
177TH |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of molesting his sister-in-law) |
|
1241755 |
177TH |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of molesting his sister-in-law) |
|
1202760 |
178TH |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (Felony Habitual) |
SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS TDC ON JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
|
1063539 |
232ND |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TERRORISTIC THREAT |
|
1251123 |
232ND |
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
2 |
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2°) in Fort Bend County (Richmond) |
MRP (VOP) DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION. |
|
1644635 |
4 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1647249 |
11 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
314 |
POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (2° Felony) |
5 YEARS DETERMINATE PROBATION (Case first filed in 176TH Criminal District Ct as adult case, later dismissed and re-filed in Juvenile Court. Government knew about child pornography when Client was 16 but did not execute search warrant until one week after his 17th birthday) |
|
1226099 |
179TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT AND GRANTED 6 MONTHS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION ON JURY TRIAL SETTING |
|
1233929 |
232ND |
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD OFFENDER (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DWI |
|
1223760 |
177TH |
RETALIATION (Felony Habitual) |
REDUCED TO STATE JAIL FELONY AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
|
1635993 |
7 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1239319 |
262ND |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT |
|
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|
CASE # |
CT # |
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE |
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2009 |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1229447 |
228TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PCS WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
VIOLATION OF PROBATION |
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME |
|
JUVENILE |
313TH |
TRESPASS TO HABITATION (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1610544 |
2 |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTTING |
|
1231727 |
179TH |
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female) |
|
1218086 |
176TH |
POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1218087 |
176TH |
PROMOTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
VIOLATION OF PROBATION |
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME |
|
1238796 |
262ND |
THEFT (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
EXPUNGED |
208TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1630094 |
2 |
POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS DRUG (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1630095 |
2 |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1221493 |
339TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1222195 |
339TH |
PCS (State Jail Habitual facing 2-20 years in TDC) |
SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS STATE JAIL ON JURY TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
GRAFFITI AT SCHOOL (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1227653 |
232ND |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR INDECENT EXPOSURE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1217540 |
177TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1072666 |
177TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2°) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT’S DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION TERMINATED WITHOUT A CONVICTION |
|
1185502 |
179TH |
ROBBERY (4 separate cases)(Felony Habitual) |
SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS TDC ON TRIAL SETTING AFTER CLIENT FACED 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON; CLIENT STILL HAD 10 YEARS LEFT ON PAROLE WHEN FIRST CHARGED |
|
1194679 |
179TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1147859 |
183RD |
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3rd Offender)(3°) |
MRP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
1205480 |
177TH |
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY (2 cases)(1 case dismissed)(1° Felony) |
REDUCED TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION |
|
1225666 |
232ND |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1225856 |
232ND |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CARRYING WEAPON AND GRANTED DEFERRED PROSECUTION; CASE LATER DISMISSED |
|
1147859 |
183RD |
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD Offender)(3°) |
MRP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
1222418 |
339TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2°) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1179695 |
179TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2°) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
1219160 |
179TH |
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2°) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1211527 |
337TH |
INJURY TO A CHILD (3°) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR INJURY TO A CHILD AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING |
|
1203539 |
337TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY |
|
1200321 |
337TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2°) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS TO HABITATION PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING |
|
1183601 |
232ND |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FV (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON TRIAL SETTING |
|
1117545 |
208TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILTY (POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g)(2°) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED |
|
08-03-03138 CR |
359TH |
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2 cases in Montgomery County)(1° Felony) |
2 CASES DISMISSED ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING; CLIENT HAD FACED 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
MANSLAUGHTER (4 cases)(3° Felony) |
4 CASES DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING (Client crashed car into tree, killing 4 child passengers and causing himself irreversible brain injuries) |
|
1205243 |
337TH |
FORGERY (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1558250 |
13 |
THEFT (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
ASSAULT (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1201179 |
339TH |
THEFT (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
|
1567575 |
5 |
ASSAULT (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1194487 |
179TH |
ROBBERY (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
313TH |
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) |
CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITH 6 MONTHS PROBATION AT HOME |
|
1197048 |
351ST |
THEFT (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1197049 |
351ST |
CREDIT CARD ABUSE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1202504 |
178TH |
THEFT (State Jail Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION |
|
1185149 |
232ND |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
1182184 |
179TH |
ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (3° Felony) |
REDUCED TO ATTEMPTED PUBLIC SERVANT WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1182185 |
179TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1125649 |
179TH |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
1184044 |
183RD |
ABANDONING A CHILD (3° Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1092900 |
232ND |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
1182231 |
179TH |
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT ASSAULT (1° Felony) |
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of breaking into house after a drug deal went bad) |
|
1173402 |
337TH |
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) |
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
VIOLATION OF PROBATION |
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
CARRYING A WEAPON (A) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
1491538 |
14 |
THEFT (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
EXPUNGED |
155TH |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g (Fayette County) (2°) |
GRANTED PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION AND CASE LATER DISMISSED |
|
1530102 |
14 |
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
314TH |
MOTION TO DE-REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER |
GRANTED; JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER ALLOWED TO DE-REGISTER |
|
1394502 |
14 |
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILTY (POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS DRUG) |
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
GRAFFITI AT SCHOOL (State Jail Felony) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
9913348 |
8 |
THEFT (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
|
JUVENILE |
315TH |
THEFT (B) |
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING |
|
1500823 |
15 |
RESISTING ARREST (B) |
REDUCED TO CLASS C MISDEMEANOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT |
|
1119948 |
208TH |
INSURANCE FRAUD (SJF) |
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING |
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Jim Sullivan represented a 25 year old man accused of 2 separate armed robberies, including a home invasion across the street from the South Houston Police Department. The chief of police and another police officer testified in trial that they positively identified Jim’s client as one of the three armed robbers who fled on foot from the scene. The police initially suspected Jim’s client because his vehicle was left behind at the scene. After the jury returned a not guilty verdict, the prosecutor dismissed the second aggravated robbery. If convicted of either robbery case, the accused faced 25 years to life in prison. Jim then represented his client at a parole revocation hearing and his client was kept on parole.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
Jim Sullivan defended a 21 year old man accused of killing a young man in a head-on car accident in northwest Houston. The accused allegedly had traces of cocaine in his system, was driving over the speed limit in the rain, on the wrong side of the road, and with “bald” tires. The force of the impact caused the engine from one of the cars to be ejected and thrown about 50 feet from the car. Unfortunately, the sports car the decedent was driving did not have air bags, and the driver was killed instantly when his head hit the steering wheel.
The accused denied using drugs and testified he was on his way to work for a local service station. The accused had auto insurance. Jim hired a drug toxicologist expert who conducted his own lab tests and questioned the validity of the blood tests conducted by the Houston Police Lab. Photographs of the accused’s tires reflected that they had sufficient tread and the inspection sticker was current on his car. Due to the heavy rain, his car hydroplaned across lanes and struck the decedent’s car head on. A witness testified he was going 5-10 miles above the speed limit. To be guilty of negligent homicide, Jim argued to the jury, requires gross negligence and not simple negligence. After only 10 minutes of deliberation, the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
Jim Sullivan represented a 40 year old man accused in two cases of sexually assaulting his 6 year old daughter in Ft. Bend County. The accusations arose one week after the accused contacted an attorney to file for divorce. The outcry witness, the child’s mother, had threatened her husband not to leave her or he would never see his children again. By viewing the child’s videotaped interview from the Children’s Assessment Center and carefully observing her demeanor, body language and the manner in which she responded to the questions of the forensic interviewer, Jim could tell that the child had been coached. Jim also interviewed several witnesses who corroborated the motivation for the mother to file false charges.
RESULT: BOTH CASES DISMISSED ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION
Jim Sullivan represented a 14 year old boy who–along with six others–was accused of breaking into a home and stealing a safe containing about $15,000 in cash. A police officer arrested his client, took him to the police station and obtained a signed confession from him. Jim’s client said the officer browbeat a false confession out of him and that he was actually swimming at a YMCA at the time of the burglary. In addition to his alibi witnesses, Jim also subpoenaed to trial the five teenagers who had actually committed the crime and who were already on probation.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
MANSLAUGHTER (4 CASES)
Jim Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy who was charged with four cases of manslaughter based on his alleged reckless driving. His client allegedly drove his father’s car in excess of the speed limit, lost control, drove off the road and hit a tree. In the accident, his 16 year old best friend, two 15 year old girls and his 5 year old sister were killed on impact. None of the children were wearing their seat belts. The State sought to certify his client as an adult and to transfer his case to criminal district court where he would have faced 2-20 years in prison on each case. Jim was convinced that his client was severely brain injured due to the accident and was not competent. Jim persuaded the court to reset the case for a psychiatric evaluation. The evaluation came back that his client was indeed incompetent. An expert witness for the defense testified at trial that his client was incompetent and not likely to ever regain competency. The court agreed. After his client turned 18, Jim persuaded the State to dismiss the charges.
RESULT: ALL 4 FELONY CASES DISMISSED
ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a large 13 year old boy accused of attacking his behavioral adjustment teacher and seriously injuring her in the hallway outside her classroom. The Houston Press covered the trial in an article entitled “School Scam? Did a teacher fabricate a student assault to collect disability?” After finding his client not guilty, the jury asked Jim how charges could be filed against the teacher for perjury and insurance fraud.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Jim Sullivan represented a 13 year old girl accused of possession between 1-4 grams of cocaine. She was at an apartment with her boyfriend and two other teenage couples. One of the couples got into a fight. That girl called a friend who in turn called the police. When a police officer arrived at the door, that couple jumped out the back window and ran away. The officer entered the apartment without a warrant, claiming he heard what he thought were the sounds of a body being dragged across the floor. In a suppression hearing, Jim elicited from the officer that he did not hear any such sounds at all. Hence, there was no valid emergency to justify his warrantless search and seizure. The judge granted Jim’s motion to suppress evidence of the possession.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
Jim Sullivan represented a 34 year old pregnant woman who–along with her live-in boyfriend–was charged with sexually assaulting her 12 year old daughter. The daughter was interviewed on two separate occasions at the Children’s Assessment Center. In the first interview, the girl said that her mother was involved, but in her second interview, she suggested that her mother was not involved. Jim attended the trial of her boyfriend who was represented by another attorney and was found guilty by the jury. Jim was prepared to represent the mother at trial the following week.
RESULT: FELONY CASES DISMISSED ON THIRD TRIAL SETTING
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
Jim Sullivan represented a 19 year old man accused of repeatedly molesting his 14 year old half- sister over a period of several years. In the same videotaped interview at the Children’s Assessment Center, the half-sister also accused her uncle of raping her at his mobile home while his wife was outside attending a party. Her physical exam came back as normal. Through a thorough investigation, Jim was able to show that the complainant had falsely accused at least one other teenager of sexually assaulting her. Jim was also able to show clear bias and other motivation for her false charges.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy accused of raping a 17 year old girl at her home. After a lengthy investigation, Jim was able to cast doubt on the credibility of his accuser in several ways, including the fact that his client did attend football practice at the time that his accuser claimed that he had followed her home and raped her.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Jim Sullivan represented a 19 year old man who was accused of trying to rob a man with a knife in the parking lot of his apartment complex. His client said that he was outside looking for his girlfriend and had accosted the man because he had seen her talking to him later. He denied pulling a knife on him. Jim investigated the background of the accuser and the circumstances of the incident. He then prepared an informational packet for the Grand Jury and had his client ready to testify.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD & INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
Jim Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy accused of molesting his six year old half-sister. After a thorough investigation of the home environment, Jim was able to show that–if the girl had been molested–the stepfather, a convicted drug user, was the likely perpetrator.
RESULT: FELONY CASES REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST A PUBLIC SERVANT (POLICE OFFICER)
Jim Sullivan represented a deranged woman who walked up to a police officer in a grocery store and lunged at him with a butcher knife. Fortunately, the officer was able to subdue and arrest her without either of them being physically injured. It was soon learned that the woman had a lengthy documented history of mental illness. In the first hearing, Jim persuaded a jury to find his client incompetent to stand trial with no substantial likelihood of regaining competency. His client was then committed to a state hospital for treatment. In a later court trial, Jim persuaded the court to find his client not guilty by reason of insanity.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
Jim Sullivan represented a 14 year old boy accused of touching a 13 year old girl in her genital area against her will behind the bleachers in the school gymnasium. After interviewing several eyewitnesses and taking photos of the scene, Jim was able to cast doubt on the girl’s version of events.
RESULT: FELONY CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL
FELONY THEFT
Jim Sullivan represented a middle-aged businessman accused of felony theft for allegedly fencing over $60,000 in stolen inventory from a local business. Through an intensive investigation, Jim learned that the co-defendant knowingly sold the inventory at a steep discount through his client to a distributor who had to have known the inventory was stolen. Jim was able to present his client as a naive broker who only received $8,000 in what he thought was a legitimate fee from the transaction. On the second trial setting, the State agreed to reduce the charges to a misdemeanor, allow his client to receive deferred adjudication probation so that he would not receive a conviction, and allow his client to pay back only $8,000 in restitution.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a 21 year old man accused of attacking a man with a broken beer mug and seriously injuring him. When the police went to question the accused, they found a large amount of cocaine in the apartment where he had spent the night. He was not charged with drug possession. After a thorough investigation, Jim prepared an informational packet, including the accused lengthy rap sheet and affidavits from witnesses, for the Grand Jury.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a woman who was accused of biting off her ex-boyfriend’s tongue. Through an investigation, Jim was able to show that she probably acted in self-defense as he was attempting to rape her while high on drugs.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a 40 year old woman who allegedly stabbed her wheel-chair bound husband in the chest with a kitchen knife. The woman had a long history of mental illness and allegedly had stabbed him on a previous occasion. Through a lengthy investigation, Jim learned that he had a lengthy crack cocaine addiction and had been brain-injured in a prior car accident. Jim was prepared to present a compelling justification argument of self-defense.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL
DISARMING OF A POLICE OFFICER
Jim Sullivan represented a man with a lengthy criminal record who– after binge drinking at a nearby cantina–broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment when she refused to talk to him. He then threatened to kill himself. He went to the kitchen, grabbed a steak knife and proceeded to stab himself in the chest. After making several superficial puncture wounds, he told her that he was going to call the police and attack them with the knife so they would kill him.
He then called the police on himself. When they arrived, he wisely threw the knife down and rushed at them screaming, “Shoot me! Shoot me! Tase me! Tase me!”. Fortunately for him, they did not grant his request, but instead tackled him to the ground. He then attempted to grab one of the officers’ weapons. Jim persuaded the State not to charge his client with Burglary with the intent to commit assault as his client had no intent to assault his ex-girlfriend and persuaded the State to reduce the felony Disarming case to a misdemeanor Attempted Disarming as his client had no intent to use the weapon against the officers but apparently only against himself.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR
ASSAULT AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER & EVADING BY MOTOR VEHICLE
Jim Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy who was accused of two felony charges: Assault on a Police Officer for allegedly striking an undercover police officer with his car and Evading by Motor Vehicle for continuing to drive away. At the jury trial, Jim argued that his client had just been jumped by two teens and was trying to drive away when a guy walked up with a gun drawn that he believed was trying to car jack him. The gun man was an undercover police officer who flashed his ID card and identified himself. In his pain and confusion, his client understandably did not believe him and drove off. The passenger side mirror on his car struck the officer. After several hours of deliberation, the jury could not reach a verdict. The State then agreed to dismiss the felony assault charge, reduce the felony evading case to a misdemeanor and let his client receive deferred prosecution so that he would not receive a conviction.
VERDICT: HUNG JURY
ATTEMPTED MURDER
Jim Sullivan represented a 25 year old man who was the alleged local leader of MS-13, a notorious El Salvadoran gang. His client allegedly shot a fellow gang member in the back after a night of heavy drinking. By comparing the caliber of the bullet fired to the respective firearms of the gang members, Jim was able to show that the complainant was shot by a different member of the gang.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
Jim Sullivan secured a reduction to a misdemeanor for a 14 year old boy charged with a second degree felony of indecency with a child. On the day of trial, the Stated reduced the charges from a determinate felony case to a misdemeanor indecent exposure and allowed him to receive probation at home.
RESULT: FELONY CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR
ROBBERY (4 CASES)
Jim Sullivan represented a 40 year old man with a lengthy felony criminal record dating back 15 years. His client had a severe drug problem. He previously had served 8 years of a 25 year sentence as a habitual felon for burglary of a habitation. Two days after being released from prison on a drug case, he was arrested on four cases of robbery and was suspected in at least four other cases. He allegedly snatched purses from women causing minor injuries while driving his father’s truck which, along with him, was later identified by witnesses. Facing 25 to Life as a habitual felon for the second time, he opted for trial. He had 10 years left on his parole.
RESULT: 10 YEARS TDC ON 2 CASES, 2 CASES DISMISSED ON TRIAL SETTING
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT ASSAULT
Jim Sullivan represented a 23 year old woman accused of breaking into an apartment along with a male drug dealer and attacking several people who had been asleep. The woman insisted that she was falsely accused but wanted to accept a plea bargain just to get out of jail to take care of her two young children and ailing mother. Her family could not afford to post her bond and the judge refused to lower it. Jim was able to persuade his client to stay in jail and to allow him to conduct a quick investigation because he strongly believed that his client was innocent. Jim located several witnesses who corroborated her version of events that she was not involved in the drug deal gone bad but was only attempting to assist the male who was being attacked by several people with a knife. He then prepared an informational packet for the Grand Jury and had his client ready to testify.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY
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