OUR CASE HISTORY

Dan Kelly Law Offices

CLIENT ARRESTED AT 2:43 AM AFTER CRASHING INTO A TRAFFIC MEDIAN AND A PARKED CAR IN FRONT OF THE SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ON PEARL STREET. POLICE FOUND THE DRIVER UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND WITH FACIAL INJUJRIES. DRIVER FAILED SEVERAL FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. 

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
OUI SECOND OFFENSE, NEGLIGENT OPERATION, MARKED LANES VIOLATION, NO SEATBELT, FAILURE TO SIGNAL

CLIENT ARRESTED 8:45 PM BY STATE TROOPER FOR ERRATIC DRIVING, WITH A STATE TROOPER BEHIND HIM. CLIENT CONCEDED TO HAVING “A COUPLE BEERS” AND FAILED SEVERAL FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
POSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA, POSSESION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE VIOLATION OF A DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE

CLIENT STOPPED WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE BY POLICE.  THE POLICE SEARCHED THE CLIENT’S CAR AND FOUND LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE, MARIJUANA AND MONEY.

RESULT:   CASE DISMISSED
ATTORNEY KELLY HAD ALL EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED AS THE RESULT OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH BY POLICE
POSESSING A LARGE CAPACITY FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE, POSSESSING AMMUNITON WITHOUT A LICENSE

POLICE HEARD A GUN SHOT WITH THE HELP OF “SHOT SPOTTER” TECHNOLOGY.  THE CLIENT WAS PULLED OVER IN A VEHICLE BY POLICE.  THE VEHICLE HAD A LARGE CAPACITY FIREARM AND AMMUNITION IN THE TRUNK

RESULT:   CASE DISMISSED
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER (THREE COUNTS), ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, DISCHARGING A FIREARM WITHIN 500 FEET OF A DWELLING

POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING AT A BAR AFTER 2 A.M.  OFFICERS ARRIVED TO FIND A CAR MARRED BY BULLET HOLES AND 9 MM SHELL CASINGS LITTERING THE GROUND AROUND IT.  THE CLIENT WAS ARRESTED ON A WARRANT AS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, BASED ON EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS, A PHOTO ARRAY, AND HAVING GUNSHOT RESIDUE IN THE VEHICLE THE CLIENT WAS DRVING.

RESULT:   CASE DISMISSED
COCAINE TRAFFICKING VIOLATION OF A DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE

NARCOTICS OFFICERS WERE INFORMED OF ALLEGED COCAINE TRAFFICKING RING BASED AT CLIENT’S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD. A POLICE INFORMANT TOLD POLICE HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN LARGE QUANTITIES OF DRUGS. THIS CLIENT WAS ARRESTED ALONG WITH HIS CO-DEFENDANT AFTER POLICE HAD THE MEN UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND WITNESSED A DRUG DEAL BETWEEN THE CLIENT AND THE INFORMANT.
UPON ARREST, CLIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE 29 GRAMS OF COCAINE IN HIS POCKET.  POLICE ALSO SEARCHED THE CLIENT’S HOME AND RECOVERED DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND CASH.

RESULT:   CASE DISMISSED
ATTORNEY KELLY HAD ALL EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED AS THE RESULT OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH BY POLICE
POSSESSION OF A HIGH CAPACITY FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE, POSSESION OF A LOADED FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE, POSSESION OF AMMUNITION WITHOUT A LICENSE, POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE, POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE ECSTASY, POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE PERCOSET



CLIENT WAS ARRESTED AFTER A POLICE INFORMANT WHO TIPPED THEM TO AN ALLEGED NARCOTICS DEALER WHO CARRIED A GUN. THE INFORMANT IDENTIFIED THIS CLIENT, WHERE THE ALLEGED DRUG SALES WERE TAKING PLACE, THE TYPE OF CAR HE DROVE AND HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. AFTER A PERIOD OF UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE, POLICE ARRESTED THE CLIENT AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP AND SEARCH OF HIS CAR. THE SEARCH YIELDED A LOADED HANDGUN, CRACK COCAINE, POWDER COCAINE, ECSTASY AND PERCOSET.


RESULT:   CASE DISMISSED
ATTORNEY KELLY HAD ALL EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED AS THE RESULT OF AN ILLEGAL SEARCH BY POLICE
OUI, NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VEHICLE MARKED LANES VIOLATIONS

CLIENT WAS PULLED OVER WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE.  THE OFFICER STATED OUR CLIENT SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, WAS SLURRING HIS WORDS.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
OUI, NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VEHICLE MARKED LANES VIOLATIONS

TROOPER ALLEGEDLY OBSERVED CLIENT’S TRUCK REPEATEDLY DRIFTING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS LANES ON I-91 SOUTH.  TROOPER STOPPED CLIENT’S VEHICLE, OBSERVING DRIVER WITH GLASSY, BLOODSHOT EYES, AND SLURRED SPEECH

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
OUI, LIQUOR, SECOND OFFENSE DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE, FAILING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION

POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT, WHERE THEY FOUND A CAR THAT HAD BEEN BROAD-SIDED BY CLIENT’S VEHICLE. CLIENT WAS INJURED BUT NONETHELESS CONCEDED TO A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, WHICH POLICE CONTEND SHE FAILED.  AT THE TIME OF HER ARREST, POLICE DISCOVERED SHE WAS DRIVING WITH A RESTRICTED LICENSE FOLLOWING A PREVIOUS OUI CONVICTION. DURING A POLICE INTERVIEW, CLIENT REPORTED HAVING FIVE SHOTS OF TEQUILA ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
OUI, LIQUOR, 2ND OFFENSE NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF A VEHICLE OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION MARKED LANES VIOLATION

CLIENT WAS STOPPED AFTER MIDNIGHT AFTER OFFICER OBSERVED ERRATIC DRVING AND CLAIMED OUR CLIENT WAS DRVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.  CLIENT HAD AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE.  THE OFFICER CLAIMED OUR CLIENT FAILED SEVERAL FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. 

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
ARMED CARJACKING ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON

TWO PEOPLE CLAIMED OUR CLIENT WALKED UP TO THEM ON A STREET CORNER LATE AT NIGHT AND, WHILE THREATENING THEM WITH A FIREARM, ORDERED THEM OUT OF THE CAR, AND DROVE OFF WITH THEIR CAR. TEN MINUTES LATER OUR CLIENT WAS FOUND DRVING THAT SAME CAR. THE TWO PEOPLE LATER IDENTIFIED OUR CLIENT AS THE PERPETRATOR.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY

OUR CLIENT WAS THE TARGET OF A FBI AND DEA STING. IT WAS CLAIMED THAT OUR CLIENT WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE SELLING COCAINE TO AN FBI INFORMANT ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCAISIONS. AFTER THE FOURTH ALLEGED SALE, THE DEFENDANT WAS STOPPED AND HAD THE FBI MARKED MONEY ON HIS PERSON.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY

IT WAS ALLEGED THAT OUR CLIENT STABBED ANOTHER PERSON IN A BAR OVER A DISPUTE REGARDING A GIRLFRIEND. THE ALLEGED VICTIM TESTIFIED THAT OUR CLIENT STABBED HIM.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY

OUR CLIENT WAS STOPPED AT A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT. IT WAS ALLEGED THAT OUR CLIENT FAILED ALL OF THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WAS UNSTEADY ON THEIR FEET, SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, AND HAD SLURRED SPEECH.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY

OUR CLIENT WAS STOPPED AT A SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT.  IT WAS ALLEGED THAT OUR CLIENT FAILED ALL OF THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WAS UNSTEADY ON THEIR FEET, SMELLED OF ALCOHOL, AND HAD SLURRED SPEECH.  THE TROOPERS CLAIMED THAT OUR CLIENT ADMITTED TO DRINKING BEER BEFORE BEING STOPPED IN THE CHECKPOINT.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY

THE POLICE ARRIVED AT A MINOR MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISON THAT THEY ALLEGE WAS CAUSED BY OUR CLIENT.  THE POLICE STATED THAT OUR CLIENT FAILED ALL OF THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WAS UNSTEADY ON THEIR FEET, SLURRED THEIR WORDS, AND SMELLED OF ALCOHOL.  THE POLICE FURTHER STATED THAT OUR CLIENT SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE, POSSESION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE VIOLATION OF A DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE

THE POLICE ARRIVED AT A MINOR MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISON THAT THEY ALLEGE WAS CAUSED BY OUR CLIENT. THE POLICE STATED THAT OUR CLIENT FAILED ALL OF THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, WAS UNSTEADY ON THEIR FEET, SLURRED THEIR WORDS, AND SMELLED OF ALCOHOL.  THE POLICE FURTHER STATED THAT OUR CLIENT SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING.

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY
DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE, POSSESION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE VIOLATION OF A DRUG FREE SCHOOL ZONE

OUR CLIENT WAS THE TARGET OF A LENGHTY NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION.  THE POLICE ALLEGED TO HAVE WITNESSED OUR CLIENT SELL COCAINE TO ANOTHER PERSON, AND ARRESTED OUR CLIENT FOR THAT SALE.  AFTER THE ARREST, AND WITH A SEARCH WARRANT, THE POLICE SEARCHED OUR CLIENT’S HOUSE WHERE THEY RECOVERED A LARGE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS AND DRUG PARAPHENILIA. 

RESULT:   NOT GUILTY