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Criminal cases are like snowflakes. Each one is different. I am sharing these cases on my website to show my experience. You may not obtain the same results.
State v. D'Andre Wright - NOT GUILTY
16-2020-CF-5748
On the night of December 24, 2020, the two victims were walking down a street when a car pulled up to them. One of the victims told the police that Mr. Wright and another individual got out and started shooting at him. The shooting left a trail of bullets all the way down the street, even striking the front door of the victim's house as the two victims stumbled over each other and fell into the doorway. One of the victims and his uncle identified Mr. Wright as one of the shooters. At the scene the victims found Mr. Wright's Instagram account and noticed that 4 hours before the shooting, Mr. Wright posted a picture of himself and another individual to his Instagram story, both pointing guns at the camera. The gun that Mr. Wright had in the picture was a black and silver Taurus 9mm. Also on Mr. Wright's Instagram account were two additional photos of the black and silver Taurus 9mm posted 6 days before the shooting. In February of 2020 Mr. Wright and two other individuals were pulled over at 3:30 am in Flagler County. The police in Flagler found four guns in the car. One of them was the black and silver Taurus 9mm, located directly under Mr. Wright's seat. The silver and black 9mm Taurus was sent to FDLE and, after testing it, they determined that the six 9mm shell casings had been fired from that black and silver Taurus 9mm. Mr. Wright was arrested in June of 2020 for Attempted Second Degree Murder, Shooting or Throwing Deadly Missiles, and Possession of A Firearm By A Convicted Felon. Mr. Wright had no offer from the state and was facing 30 years with a minimum mandatory of 20 years, day for day. At trial we argued that the eyewitness identification of Wright was based on the Instagram account and not what the witnesses actually saw. The Jury agreed and found Mr. Wright NOT GUILTY on all three counts on April 21, 2022.
United States of America V. Edgar Vasquez - NOT GUILTY
2:19-cr-30-FRM
In September of 2019, Mr. Vazquez was pulled over for a traffic violation. After a search of his car, a kilo of cocaine was found underneath his seat. The police used this evidence to get a search warrant for his house. There, the police found another 500 grams of cocaine in his bedroom along with a fully loaded Desert Eagle .45 caliber handgun in a holster attached to the back of his bed's headboard. He was indicted by the federal government for Trafficking in Cocaine and Possession of a firearm "in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense." As charged he was Iooking at a minimum mandatory of 5 years on the drug count and a minimum of 5 years up to 40 consecutive, on the gun count. Mr. Vazquez refused to cooperate with DEA and ATF agents in any way to get a lesser sentence. The evidence of the cocaine offense was overwhelmingly in favor of the government, so we decided to tell the jury that Mr. Vazquez was guilty of the trafticking but not guilty of the gun charge. We tried the case in September of 2020 in the middle of the first Covid-19 outbreak, with masks on our faces and plexiglass everywhere in the courtroom. The government asserted that Mr. Vazquez kept the gun strapped to his bed to protect his drug tratticking in the event of a home invasion robbery. On cross examination, I asked a DEA agent if he kept his gun on his nightstand and he admitted he did. I asked him if he was a drug dealer and, of course, he said he wasn't. In closing arguments, we argued that the gun was for home protection, a right we all share. The jury found Mr. Vazquez NOT GUILTY on the gun count on September 14, 2020.
State of Florida v. Cedric Cutter - Death Penalty Charges DROPPED
Duval County Case# 01-31697 MMA, Division CR-C
On January 22, 2009, Cedric Cutter was indicted for two counts of First Degree Murder and the State filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty. Almost two years into the case, I took the deposition (sworn statement) of the State's primary witness. The witness said that the gunman he identified as Cedric Cutter was at least 6 feet tall. It turns out that Cedric Cutter was hardly even 5 feet 8 inches. After Mr. Cutter patiently waited in jail for almost two years, I was able to convince the state that they "had the wrong guy" and that we would prevail at trial with the defense of mistaken identification. On November 22, 2010, the State dropped the case, and an innocent man returned home to his family.