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Client was charged with felony possession of a contolled substance in a rural  Missouri County. Client was a prior and persistent drug offender and faced enhanced penalties. The state offered 10 years in prison. Becauase the offer was absurd, we set the case for trial. Three weeks before trial, the state indicted the defendant on an identical charge to avoid...

A St. Louis City man was charged with possession of a controlled substance after a swat team raided his house and allegedly found drugs in his bedroom. Police claimed that during the raid the defendant was found the bedroom where the drugs were at. We obtained body camera footage which showed that the police had fabricated many parts of the police report,...

A St. Louis man was charged with driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury and armed criminal action after allegedly hitting another motorist and causing serious physical injury. The police obtained the defendant's medical records with a grand jury subpoena, which revealed a .23 BAC - almost three times the legal limit. Attorney Brian Cooke...

Client was charged in DWI resulting in Death after allegedly taking police on a highspeed chase while intoxicated, wrecking his vehicle resulting in the death of a passenger. Client allegedly admitted to drinking all day and police claimed to have found beer bottles in the vehicle. We were able to successfully challenge the evidence of intoxication and...

Our client was on probation, with a 15 year backup sentence hanging over his head. While on probation, he was arrested on a new felony and fled the state. Our client was on the run for four years before finally being apprehended. We gathered extensive mitigation to show that our client had been a law abiding citizen during the four years and that he had left...

Client was charged with Felony Resisting Arrest after allegedly fleeing police in a high speed chase. At the preliminary hearing, Attorney Brian Cooke thoroughly impeached the officer, forcing him to admit that his current testimony contradicted his police report. The judge found no probable cause that the defendant resisted in a way that created a "substantial...

A St. Louis County man was charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon - Flourishing after allegedly brandishing a firearm and firing shots of during an argument. At the preliminary hearing, we were able to challenge the credibility of the arresting officer. Ultimately, we were able to persuade the prosecutor to reduce the felony charge to a midemeanor with an SIS...

Client was charged with burglary 1st degree and sexual abuse 1st degree after allegedly forcing his way into woman's home and touching her breasts during an uber delivery. We believed in our client's innocence from the start. A conviction of any sort would have been a disaster and resulted in deportation for our client, who was in immigrant here on a visa. ...