Client Reaches Plea Bargain of Probation for Sodomy Charges
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My client W. J. was charged with forcible sodomy, second degree rape, soliciting a lewd act, lewd molestation, and several none sex-related crimes. The client was looking at close to 100 years in prison. The evidence against the client was staggering and included video evidence of the crimes in progress where my client and the victim were clearly distinguishable.
As the case developed it was discovered there were at least half a dozen or more additional charges the DA’s office could add—and certainly would add if we conducted a preliminary hearing in the case.
Attorney Lee Berlin’s Tenacity and Negotiation Skills Resulted in a Possible Life in Prison Sentence Being Reduced to Probation
I determined I needed to obtain a resolution my client could live with well prior to a preliminary hearing in the case.
I developed all of the mitigating evidence in the case and met with the ADA several times, traveling three hours round trip on several occasions just to meet in person at their office even when I had no other matters in that court. After six months of negotiations, I was able to get the DA’s office to come off their original recommendation of 15 years in prison and secured a recommendation of straight probation with no additional charges being added.
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