Theft Crimes Case Results Boston, MA
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Successful Criminal Defense: Theft Crime Case Results
by Leon & Davis Criminal Defense Lawyers
August 2021
Indictments for home invasion and armed robbery dismissed on the first day of jury trial for Attorney Davis’s client.
January 2021
Client was charged with Credit Card Fraud, Receiving a Stolen Credit Card, and Conspiracy after police obtained video of a man using the victim’s credit card at a hotel and various stores. Police thought that this man was the client because client was wearing a GPS bracelet which put him in the area at the times the card was used. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get all charges dismissed on the grounds that the prosecutor would not be able to authenticate the video or the reliability of the GPS evidence at trial.
July 2020
Client was indicted for Armed Robbery and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon after robbing a woman of her money and jewelry after pointing a gun at her head and striking her in the face with it. The case involved a lengthy investigation involving cell phone location analysis. Client faced a 5-year mandatory minimum sentence if sentenced to prison and state sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 5-7½ years. The prosecutor sought a term of incarceration in state prison. Attorney Leon persuaded a judge to sentence client to probation.
July 2020
Client was charged with Robbery on allegations that he and two other men robbed a T-Mobile at gun point. The men walked into the store and allegedly stole a large number of cell phones and emptied all of the cash registers. Client arrested after police found him attempting to hide under a bush after the robbery. After exhaustive investigation and interviews, the prosecution agrees with Attorney Leon that his client was merely present at the scene, was not involved in the robbery, and had no idea that the men he was with would commit a robbery. The case was dismissed.
October 2019
Attorney Davis’s client is found not guilty of insurance fraud and arson at jury trial.
August 2019
Client was charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine 36-100 grams, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Xanax and Klonopin, and Larceny after his friend told police that client stole his property and had a large amount of meth in his car. Police found 47 grams of meth, large quantities of Xanax and Klonopin, a digital scale and packaging materials along with a large amount of cash and his friend’s property inside his car. Client faced a mandatory minimum state prison sentence of 3.5 years up to 20 years. Attorney Leon moved to suppress all of the evidence based on an improper search of the car. The motion to suppress was allowed and all of the recovered evidence was thrown out and the case was dismissed.
July 2019
Client was charged with Robbery, Burglary and Assault after kicking in an apartment door and taking a backpack from a man. This was captured on surveillance video from inside the apartment building. Client had a lengthy criminal record and was offered a 2-year sentence in the house of correction in lieu of indictment. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained witness statements and video from the area showing that client was chasing the victim because he thought the man had stolen his bag from a shrine he was visiting. Letters from client’s employers were also provided to the prosecutor showing that he had turned his life around and was a valued employee. As a result, the prosecutor made a much-improved plea offer involving 18 months of probation and restitution instead of jail time and client accepted it.
Jul, 2019
Attorney Davis’s client is found not guilty of insurance fraud and arson at jury trial.
June 2019
Client was charged with Robbery of a Person over 60 years old and Assault and Battery on a Person over 60 and Disabled causing Serious Bodily Injury. He was accused of robbing a 93-year-old veteran and causing a brain injury during the attack. There was no evidence connecting client to the crime except for the fact that he was working in the area that day; however, he was arrested and allegedly confessed during a police interrogation according to one of the officers who acted as an interpreter. Police had the ability to obtain a court-certified interpreter but decided to use a fellow officer. Attorney Leon filed a motion to suppress the client’s statement to police and persuaded a judge to allow the motion on the grounds that police provided an incorrect translation of the Miranda warnings, used coercive tactics such as fabricating evidence and promising leniency to extract a confession, and that the client’s request for an attorney was ignored. As a result, the client’s false confession was thrown out.
October 2018
Client was indicted for Armed Robbery, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon causing Serious Bodily Injury, and Witness Intimidation after being accused of stabbing a man causing and stealing his cell phone. The victim identified client from a photo array at the hospital six days later while recovering from intensive surgery. Two witnesses, a man who was sitting in his car watching the assault and a woman viewing it from her apartment window, independently identified client as the robber to police on-scene. The woman told police that she saw client walk into his apartment building afterwards. Police found the stolen property inside client’s apartment which he shared with several other people. Attorney Leon successfully argued for his client’s release on bail and an indictment for witness intimidation was subsequently added after the witness who viewed the attack from his car claimed that client threatened him some time after the robbery. Attorney Leon convinced the jury that another man was the culprit by undermining the three separate identifications at trial and arguing that the inadequate police investigation led the victim and witnesses to mistakenly conclude that it was the client who did this. Client was facing life in prison due to his classification as a career criminal. The jury found client Not Guilty on all counts.
January 2018
Client was charged with Robbery and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon after being accused of robbing a disabled woman of her bag at a bus terminal. She told police that she was robbed by a stranger and video showed client taking a bag from her. Client worked as a cleaner at the station and told police that the bag was his; however, he was still arrested. Attorney Leon immediately investigated the case and obtained court orders for video showing what had occurred that day as well as in the days prior to the allegation. The videos showed that the woman appeared to be homeless and would hang out at the bus terminal for days and nights on end. They showed that client had befriended her in the days leading up to this and that they would eat together on several occasions and he allowed her to leave her belongings with him as she used the restroom and ran errands. They showed that client had given her the bag earlier that morning and that he had to take it from her when he came back for it. When presented with this information, the woman told Attorney Leon’s investigator that the case was all a misunderstanding and admitted that the bag belonged to client and that she hadn’t wanted to return it at the time because she was upset. These videos and the results of the investigation were presented to the prosecutor who then filed a motion to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed.
January 2018
Client was charged with Burglary after the victim walked into his bedroom and saw a man flee out the door. The victim told police that over $700 was missing from his dresser and provided a vague description of the man who he identified as client two days later in a photo array. He said he believed client was the culprit because he had seen him outside of his apartment building earlier that day. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that client was likely misidentified by the victim after retaining an expert on memory and identification. His investigation also revealed that client lived in the area and had suffered from a developmental disability all his life. He retained a psychiatrist who concluded that the defendant was not competent to stand trial as a result of his disability and would be unlikely to regain competency. The prosecution then retained a psychiatrist to challenge this opinion; however, their expert agreed with Attorney Leon’s psychiatrist. Attorney Leon filed a motion to dismiss the case and persuaded a judge to allow it over the objection of the prosecutor. The case was dismissed.
January 2018
Client was charged with Robbery after being accused of robbing a 60-year-old man. The victim told police that he was jumped in an alley by client and another man and they stole $350. Two witnesses said they saw three men surrounding another man on the ground who was pleading with them not to take his money. Both of those witnesses identified client as one of the men surrounding the victim. When officers arrived, they saw the victim yelling and pointing at client who was trying to calm him down. The two men who robbed him had fled. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained statements from other witnesses in the area who said that the victim was drunk and yelling in the alley for some time before the robbery. The two witnesses who spoke to police told his investigator that they identified client as standing there watching the robbery but never saw him involved with it and never saw him with the other two men at any time. Another witness stated that client had simply been standing there watching the incident and wasn’t involved. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed.
September 2017
Client was charged with Robbery after being accused of robbing a man of his cell phone and wallet outside of 7-Eleven. The victim told police that he was surrounded by a group of men who threatened him and took his property. Client had the misfortune of walking by the victim at the time he was speaking to police and the victim told police that he knew client was one of the men involved in the robbery. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that client had been mistakenly identified. He retained a professor at an out-of-state university who was an expert on memory and identification. The professor concluded that the victim’s identification was unreliable based on the initial description he provided to police along with the facts that the victim and client were of a different race, that the robbery took place at night, and the victim was frightened and under stress during it. They prepared for trial and presented the expert’s conclusions to the prosecutor. Attorney Leon and his expert discussed the case further with the prosecutor on the morning of trial and provided a preview of the expert’s expected testimony. When the case was called, the prosecutor explained to the judge that they could not meet their burden of proving that client was involved in the robbery. The case was then dismissed.
September 2017
Charges of armed robbery were dismissed because of reckless misconduct on the part of the police after motion hearing.
September 2017
Client was charged with Unarmed Robbery after she was alleged to have been involved in the robbery of a man at an ATM along with three other individuals. The victim told police that two men and two women robbed him and described the women as between 25 and 35 years of age and one woman was visibly pregnant while the other had crooked teeth. Client was almost 50 years old and had not recently been pregnant and she did not have crooked teeth. Client was identified after a police officer saw the ATM video and thought she was one of the women in it. The only evidence against client was the opinion of this officer who was clearly mistaken. Despite this, the prosecutor would not dismiss the case. Attorney Leon scheduled the case for trial and prepared a defense of mistaken identification. He filed a motion to exclude the alleged identification of the police officer on the grounds that it was unreliable. On the morning of trial, the prosecutor finally recognized the issues present with the officer’s identification and asked the judge for permission to conduct a non-suggestive identification procedure in court that day before trial. Attorney Leon objected and persuaded the judge to deny the prosecutor’s request before persuading the judge to dismiss the case over the prosecutor’s objection. The case was dismissed.
June 2017
Client was charged with Armed Robbery and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon after he was involved in robbing a man of his cell phone at knifepoint with two other teenagers. Police tracked the location of the victim’s phone and client was arrested with the others when it was found in one of their rooms. The prosecutor’s initial plea offer was a year in jail after reducing the armed robbery charge in exchange for a guilty plea. Attorney Leon was able to get his client released on bail and retained a social worker to help client re-enroll in school and provide him with the support he needed to get his life back on track. He was then able to convince the prosecutor to give the client a break due to the client’s young age, lack of prior criminal activity, and his agreement to participate in the programs and community support we had set-up for him. The prosecutor reduced the armed robbery charge to larceny in exchange for a continuance without a finding. The case was dismissed after he successfully completed his 2 years of probation.
February 2017
Client was charged with Unarmed Robbery after his girlfriend called police to say he snatched her wallet. Client was stopped a few blocks away and explained that he took the wallet because it was his and took it back from his girlfriend when they were arguing and he wanted to leave. Police inspected the wallet and confirmed that it was a man’s wallet and contained client’s license, credit cards, and health insurance card. The wallet also had his girlfriend’s Massachusetts ID inside; however, all objective evidence pointed towards the wallet belonging to client. Client was still charged despite this evidence and the prosecution would not dismiss the case. Attorney Leon set the case for trial and was able to get the case dismissed over the prosecutor’s objection on the morning of trial.
June 2016
Client was charged with Trafficking in Cocaine 18-36 grams, Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, and Identity Theft after police stopped him on the basis of a confidential informant’s tip. Client also had multiple identification documents in various names with his photo on them. Attorney Leon filed a motion to suppress the stop and search of client and persuaded a judge to allow the motion on the grounds that the prosecution failed to establish the basis of knowledge and veracity of the informant’s tip and police failed to obtain corroborating information to make up for the deficiencies in the tip’s reliability. As a result, all of the evidence was thrown out and the case was dismissed.
April 2016
Client was charged with Armed Robbery, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin as a Subsequent Offense after he was accused of trying to rob two people after an alleged drug deal gone bad. A police officer observed what he believed was a drug deal and then saw client swing a knife in the direction of another man after they began arguing. Police announced their presence and the other man ran off; however, client dropped his knife as requested and complied with police. Attorney Leon investigated the case and conclusively established that client was buying drugs from the man who ran off and that he was acting in self-defense when that man tried to rob him of his money. Attorney Leon provided the results of his investigation to the prosecutor who agreed that client appeared to be the victim in a drug deal gone wrong and then filed a motion to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed.
February 2016
Client, an auto mechanic, was charged with Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, Larceny Over $250, and being a Common and Notorious Thief after he was accused of stealing a tow truck and a large sum of money from his boss. Client was allegedly given the money to pick up two cars with the tow truck and never returned. Attorney Leon investigated the case and learned that the tow truck was recovered by his client’s boss the following day and that his boss was driving it when police pulled it over for being reported stolen. Attorney Leon succeeded in persuading a judge to dismiss the case over the objection of the prosecutor after explaining the implausibility of the allegations and lack of evidence to suggest that client had committed a crime. The case was dismissed.
February 2016
Client was charged with Burglary, Assault and Battery on a Person over 60 and Disabled, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault and Battery after he was accused of assaulting an elderly woman and her daughter after forcing his way into their apartment and attacking them one night. One victim was struck in the face with a container and the other was punched repeatedly in the face. They believed that client was the culprit because they had seen him outside their apartment 15 minutes prior to the attack. At a jury trial, Attorney Leon was able to successfully undermine the reliability of their identifications of client as the culprit and unearthed inconsistencies in their testimony during cross-examination. The jury returned a Not Guilty verdict on all charges.
December 2015
Client, a high school senior with plans to attend college in the fall, was charged with Home Invasion, Breaking and Entering to Commit a Felony and Placing a Person in Fear, and Larceny from a Building after a man claimed that client and another man kicked in his bedroom door and hit him with a stun gun before stealing his Sony PlayStation and clothing. Attorney Leon began investigating immediately and uncovered significant discrepancies in the alleged victim’s various accounts of what occurred and the lack of evidence to support his allegations. Today, Attorney Leon presented this information to the Court and succeeded in persuading the judge to allow his motion to dismiss all charges over the objection of the prosecutor. The case was then dismissed.
November 2015
Client, a security guard at a local college, was charged with Burglary, Domestic Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Malicious Destruction of Property after he was accused of breaking into the apartment of his ex-girlfriend and her roommate and then throwing a laptop at his ex, hitting her and causing damage to the laptop. She had taken out a restraining order on client the day before the alleged incident. Attorney Leon persuaded a judge to dismiss all charges over the objection of the prosecutor. The case was dismissed.
October 2015
Client was charged with Robbery after he was accused of taking money from a cash register and then struggling with the owner as she held him on scene for police to arrive. Client was a permanent resident who was applying for citizenship so the case had to be won either by obtaining a dismissal before trial or an acquittal at trial. He was the father of three boys and his wife was an American citizen. Attorney Leon investigated the case and discovered that client and the owner of the store had a prior relationship and that he had worked for the owner in the past by cleaning and performing various maintenance work there. On the night of the incident, they had been drinking and partying at the store before arguing about the money client was owed for the work he had recently completed. Attorney Leon’s investigator asked the store owner about this information and she admitted that the incident was a misunderstanding and that they had both been at fault. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed.
August 2015
Client was charged with Receiving Stolen Property after being accused of possessing a stolen wallet. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that the wallet belonged to client’s girlfriend and he was simply holding onto it for her. The woman who was claiming the wallet belonged to her had significant mental health issues and police simply took her word for it. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed.
July 2015
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 after her friend claimed she had stolen money and clothing from her apartment. Attorney Leon investigated the case and discovered that the items were taken during a party that client’s friend had thrown. Client and her friend had an argument and client left the party. It was not until later in the night after everyone had left that the victim noticed the theft. It was clear that the victim did not know who had stolen her property and assumed it was client because of the argument they had earlier in the night. Attorney Leon was successful in having the case dismissed after explaining the situation to the prosecutor and judge.
April 2015
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with Armed Robbery. After a successful motion to suppress identification, the alleged victim was unable to make an in-court identification of Attorney Davis’s client. The case was dismissed.
April 2015
Probation Violation Hearing No Violation Found and Dismissed. Client was on probation for larceny from a person and larceny over $250 from a person over 60 and disabled. His probation officer issued a probation violation notice asking that he be found in violation and sentenced to the house of correction because he had not complied with the terms of probation and had been charged with new criminal conduct. Attorney Leon persuaded a judge that client had not violated his probation and the judge terminated his probation and dismissed the case.
March 2015
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 for stealing clothing from a store and then defaulted which resulted in the court issuing an arrest warrant. Attorney Leon obtained documentation showing that client had been off of his medications at the time of the offense but was now back in full compliance with treatment. He presented this to the court and prosecutor when the client appeared to clear the warrant. Attorney Leon persuaded the prosecutor to offer the client an 8-month term of pretrial probation with the condition that he continue with his mental health treatment. As a result, the case was dismissed without any admission of wrongdoing by the client.
February 2015
Client, a high school student, was charged with Breaking into Depository after accessing seven depository boxes using a special key he had purchased and stealing the money inside. He was caught in the act and confessed to the other break-ins. The prosecutor was seeking felony convictions which would have caused irreparable damage to the client’s future. Attorney Leon set his client up with resources in the community and had him perform community service at a local church while the case was pending. He then persuaded a judge to resolve the cases with a continuance without a finding of one year with the condition that client obtain his high school diploma. Client successfully finished school before attending college and all of the cases were dismissed.
February 2015
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with armed robbery. After a successful motion to suppress, the government’s case is greatly hampered for trial.
February 2015
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 after stealing an expensive purse from a high-end boutique and the incident was captured on video. Attorney Leon helped client get into a drug treatment program and find a job. He was then promoted to manager while the case was pending. Attorney Leon provided the prosecutor with a letter from the treatment program confirming his client’s participation and his promotion letter from his employer. He then persuaded the prosecutor to resolve the case with a one-year term of pretrial probation and 25 hours of community service. As a result, the case was dismissed after one year without any admission of wrongdoing by the client.
December 2014
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with Insurance Fraud after accurately reporting that another car hit his vehicle and drove away. After cross-examination of several witnesses, including an accident reconstruction expert, the jury deliberated for less than hour before returning a verdict of not guilty.
September 2014
Client was charged with Larceny from a Person after her friend accused her of stealing $500. They were hanging out at her apartment and she accused client after she realized the money was missing from her purse. Attorney Leon investigated the case and discovered that they had been using drugs along with a few other people who were present. The investigation revealed that the alleged victim did not know who stole her money and simply assumed it was client. Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed.
June 2014
Client charged with Armed Robbery after robbing a man of his cell phone at knifepoint. The victim identified client to police as the culprit on-scene. Attorney Leon provided the prosecutor with extensive information about the client and persuaded him to agree to a one-year term of pretrial probation. Client was required to either maintain their current employment or enroll in school full-time as a condition of pretrial probation. As a result, the case was dismissed after one year without any admission of wrongdoing by the client.
June 2014
Probation Violation Hearing No Violation Found and Dismissed. Client was on probation for larceny over $250. Her probation officer issued a probation violation notice asking that she be found in violation of probation because she had not complied with any of her conditions of probation. Attorney Leon persuaded a judge that no probation violation occurred and to terminate client’s probation early. The case was dismissed.
May 2014
Client, a single mother, was charged with Larceny Over $250 for failing to pay for auto repairs at a local shop. Client had fallen on hard times and was struggling financially but the shop owner decided to press charges when there was a delay in her repayment. Attorney Leon obtained documentation of client’s financial struggles and provided them to the prosecutor explaining that there was no criminal intent and that the case should be addressed in civil court instead of criminal court. The case was dismissed.
March 2014
Client was charged with Larceny from a Person after she was accused of stealing money and cigarettes from her friend. Client allegedly stole the money from inside her pants as she was sleeping. Police were called and found client hiding in the elevator of the building. The money and cigarettes were returned; however, client was still charged with a felony. Today, Attorney Leon convinced a judge to dismiss the case.
March 2014
Client was charged with Malicious Damage to a Motor Vehicle, Larceny Over $250, and Possession of Burglarious Tools after she was accused of stealing the bumper from a luxury car. A police officer was driving by at the time and saw the crime. Police searched the car client was in and found a screwdriver along with other tools, weapons and cash. Police also found $600 in counterfeit money. Attorney Leon investigated the case and discovered that client was simply a passenger in the car and was getting a ride home when the driver and front passenger decided to commit these crimes. Attorney Leon filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds that client was merely present and did not participate in any meaningful way in the commission of the crimes. A judge denied the motion; however, Attorney Leon convinced the prosecutor to dismiss the case prior to trial due to insufficient evidence against his client.
March 2014
Client was charged with Forgery of Checks, Uttering False Checks, and Larceny Over $250 after she was accused of forging checks from a law firm and then cashing them at several bank branches throughout the state. She was accused of stealing over $23,000 from the firm. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that the court lacked jurisdiction because all of the alleged crimes took place outside of the court’s territory. He filed a motion to dismiss and persuaded a judge to allow it. The prosecution failed to refile the charges in the correct courts and the case was dismissed.
January 2014
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with a string of breaking and enterings into houses throughout the South Shore. During cross examination of a Commonwealth witness in the first jury trial, Attorney Davis was able to uncover information that completely exonerated his client. The client was found not guilty and all other charges were dismissed.
November 2013
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a construction site. After hearing, a judge suppressed all evidence seized because of an unlawful search warrant.
October 2013
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 for stealing over $1,500 in gift cards from the store he worked at by activating them during his shift without paying. The store allegedly had the entire incident captured by their surveillance cameras. He was willing to pay restitution and plead guilty if the prosecutor reduced the felony charge to a misdemeanor; however, the prosecutor was seeking a felony conviction and 6 months of probation in exchange for a guilty plea. This was unacceptable to client and the case was set for trial. On the morning of trial, Attorney Leon persuaded a judge to dismiss the case because the prosecutor had failed to provide the video evidence they claimed to have as well as any business records to support the allegations. The case was dismissed.
October 2013
Client, a high school student, was charged with Larceny Over $250 after he was accused of stealing an iPod from a classmate. She reported it stolen in September 2012 but told the police that it was stolen around May 2012. She claimed a third party told her that client had stolen it. She said she saw a picture of client with what she believed was her iPod. She claimed that she tried to speak to him about it but he was evasive and hung up the phone on her. She then claimed that he had called her up and confessed. On the trial date, Attorney Leon persuaded the prosecutor and the judge to dismiss the case because the only evidence against his client was inadmissible hearsay that a third party had told the alleged victim. The case was dismissed.
October 2013
Client was charged with Larceny after she was accused of stealing an expensive jacket from a department store. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that the bulk of the evidence against his client was complete speculation or inadmissible hearsay. He was then able to persuade a judge to dismiss the case.
July 2013
Client was charged with Forgery of Checks, Uttering False Checks, and Larceny by Check Over $250 after he was accused of stealing blank checks from another employee at his job and making out the checks to himself. Client was charged after a fraud investigation by the State Police Racing Commission Unit. The prosecution was seeking jail time in exchange for a guilty plea given the amount of money lost. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained court orders for the underlying bank records and proof of the claimed loss amount. This information would have undermined the credibility of the employee who made these allegations. On the morning of trial, Attorney Leon succeeded in getting all charges dismissed over the prosecutor’s objection due to the prosecutor’s failure to provide any of the court-ordered bank records. The case was dismissed.
May 2013
Probation Violation Hearing No Violation Found and Dismissed. Client was on probation for Larceny Over $250 and received a violation notice from the probation department due to a subsequent arrest for larceny at a department store. The probation department sought jail time at client’s surrender hearing. They were relying on hearsay evidence from a store employee who told police that they thought client stole an expensive winter jacket. Attorney Leon persuaded the judge to find that no violation occurred because the hearsay evidence and police reports submitted by probation were insufficiently reliable to prove client had committed a subsequent crime. After the hearing, client’s probation was terminated and the case was dismissed.
April 2013
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 by False Pretenses after cashing a check for $3,700 at a check-cashing business which ended up bouncing. Client and the business came to an agreement on a payment plan; however, client did not follow through as he was struggling financially with child support and cash flow issues at his business. Attorney Leon obtained documentation of client’s financial issues and presented them to the prosecutor. The prosecutor then offered client a one-year term of pretrial probation with the condition that he make restitution to the check-cashing business. As a result, the case was dismissed without any admission of wrongdoing by the client.
January 2013
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 after his friend called police to report that client and another man had stolen her Nintendo Wii and all of her videogames. She told police that both men spent the night and that she was in the shower when the men left her apartment the next day. Client was in a drug treatment program at the time and returned to the program that afternoon. Attorney Leon’s investigator obtained video showing that client did not return to the program with a bag or any other property. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed.
November 2012
Client was charged with Larceny Over $250 and Larceny of a Credit Card after stealing a woman’s handbag from a social club and using her credit card. Client and the victim were sitting at the same table at a family function. Client confessed to stealing the woman’s purse and using her credit card to buy almost $800 worth of items when contacted by police. She told police that she wanted to make full restitution but the victim wanted police to press charges. Client panicked and fled the area for over a decade. She made sporadic restitution payments to the victim over that time. Attorney Leon obtained documentation that client was currently living in a domestic violence shelter and disabled from a severe neck injury. He also provided proof that she only received $500 a month to support herself and 40% of it went to rent. He presented this information to the prosecutor and persuaded him to dismiss the case given that client had tried to pay restitution in the years since the offense.
October 2012
Client was charged with Breaking and Entering into his neighbor’s house. The District Attorney was seeking a lengthy jail sentence and plea negotiations went nowhere. After jury trial, Attorney Davis’s client was acquitted and he served no jail time.
October 2012
Client charged with Larceny of a Motor Vehicle after police arrived on scene to find client with a stolen motorcycle along with a police radio scanner in his pocket. Attorney Leon’s investigation obtained video evidence from local businesses showing that the victim used his SUV to follow client on the motorcycle and then cut in front of him causing client to jump the curb and crash. Thus, the video showed that the victim engaged in reckless operation of his SUV and committed assault with a dangerous weapon in his attempt to recover his stolen motorcycle. On the morning of trial, the victim chose to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege not to testify to avoid incriminating himself and the case was dismissed.
July 2012
Client was charged with Receiving Stolen Property Over $250 when he pawned a laptop computer and camera belonging to another man at a pawn shop. A breaking and entering happened at the victim’s home and the items were pawned on the same day. The receipt from the pawn shop included a copy of client’s driver’s license, his signature, and a description of the items. Client had an alibi for the time of the breaking and entering and told police that he was given the items as payment for rent by his roommate and did not know they were stolen property. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get the case dismissed over the prosecutor’s objection.
July 2012
Probation Violation Hearing No Violation Found and Case Dismissed. Client was on probation for assault and battery and larceny from a person when he was charged with a new felony offense. Attorney Leon persuaded the judge that the evidence supporting the new offense was insufficient to prove that client had committed a new crime while on probation. The judge decided that client had not violated his probation and terminated probation early. The case was then dismissed.
April 2012
Client was charged with Breaking and Entering, Assault, and Malicious Destruction of Property when he was wrongly accused of attacking two individuals who had broken into his house. The District Attorney was seeking a lengthy jail sentence. After cross-examination, the two assailants were forced to admit that they were the true perpetrators. The jury acquitted Attorney Davis’s client in less than one hour.
April 2012
Probation Violation Hearing No Violation Found and Case. Client was on probation for breaking and entering and larceny over $250 when he was charged with another breaking and entering. His probation officer issued a probation violation notice asking that he be found in violation of probation and sentenced to the house of correction. Attorney Leon persuaded the judge that the evidence supporting the new offense was insufficient to prove that client had committed a new crime while on probation. The judge decided that client had not violated his probation and the case was dismissed.