My role as your Ohio Criminal Defense Attorney is to gather evidence in your case, something I give a lot of attention to. Due to Criminal Rule 16, I am able to force the government to turn over all the material evidence, whether it will hurt your case or help it.  The Prosecutor will have to open up all the files they have and hand them over.  The government also must hand over the names, addresses and any other information on the witnesses they may have, in which my office moves on fast and meticulously as this is critical to the case.  The prosecution is not allowed to hide any material from the criminal defense attorney.

In the case of a DUI accident, I will get the police and crash report and all the test results you may have taken.  Additionally, as an aggressive criminal defense attorney, I will collect the 911 call and any witness information from the scene.  Once all the evidence is in my office, I begin reviewing and analyzing it. Many times the facts do not align with the police report.  It happens more than you think.  If testing is sent away to a lab, my office goes with it.  After the entire discovery process, that I am entitled to, if it warrants, we file for a motion to suppress evidence, meaning we ask for it to be thrown out.

Example, March, 2013:  

“The 2nd District Court of Appeals, which serves the Dayton area, recently overturned a ruling by a trial court suppressing drug evidence due to an unreliable confidential informant. The trial court suppressed the evidence agreeing that the search warrant was insufficient because it lacked any statement about the reliability of the confidential informant.   The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and indicated that the ‘fact that the confidential informant had detailed knowledge of the interior of Mitchell’s home, including specific areas where drugs and weapons were to be found (and were found), coupled with the success of the informants drug buys which were directly observed and monitored by police, indicate that the informant was truthful and reliable.’  The opinion, authored by Judge Jeffrey Welbaum, also urged the police to include more information about informants reliability.”

The Bottom Line:  Your case gets personal attention from the moment you call me.  You can know, confidently, that I will get to the bottom of all the evidence and turn it upside down.  As always, I treat each case and defendant differently because it IS different. You are not just another case for me. If there is a guilty plea or verdict and there is no way to avoid it, I will present your case thoroughly using all the mitigating factors that will reduce your fine or your jail time.  You need a criminal defense attorney in Ohio that will fight for you.  Put my number in your mobile:  513-260-2099