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People v. J.A.

Defendant was charged in DeWitt County with misdemeanor criminal trespass to vehicle and disorderly conduct after a mundane dispute with an in-law. The prosecution refused to dismiss the charges despite the incident being trivial. Attorney Carter set the matter for trial, told his client’s side of the story, pointed out the absurdity of the charges and left it up to the jury to decide. Shortly after closing arguments, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

People v. M.K. and People v. L.S.

Two co-defendants were charged in McLean County with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. After meeting with the defendants and reviewing the police reports, it was discovered that the officer used some questionable tactics to grant himself access to the co-defendants’ property and garage to obtain and secure evidence. The officer then used this small amount of evidence to obtain a search warrant. Attorney Carter filed a motion to suppress the evidence seized during the search as “fruit of the poisonous tree” based on 4th amendment violations of the initial illegal search and seizure. After a court hearing on the Motion, the Judge granted the defendants’ motion suppressing the illegally seized evidence. Because the State was left with no evidence, the charges were dismissed against both clients.

People v. S.M.

An officer was stationed across the street from the bar Defendant was visiting following a wedding reception. Upon defendant’s departure, he failed to signal out of the parking lot and the officer began to follow him, noting other minor traffic violations such as stopping over the white stop-line. The officer used these violations as probable cause to initiate a traffic stop. Defendant, still dressed in his rental tuxedo and shoes after a long day participating in the wedding festivities, performed field sobriety tests at the officer’s request. He was subsequently arrested for DUI. Defendant refused to submit to any breath tests. Attorney Carter set the matter for jury trial. Attorney Carter argued defendant’s sobriety through witnesses and explanation of field sobriety test performance. The jury agreed with attorney Carter’s explanation of events and determined there was not enough evidence to convict the defendant of driving under the influence by issuing a not guilty verdict.

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