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July 23, 2025
Client was charged with DWI after failing all field sobriety tests and blowing .12 on a breath test. We successfully challenged the breath test due to the officer failing to conduct a check of the mouth and conduct a 15 minute observation period. As a result, our client gets her license back and only had to pay a small fine on a reduced charge of reckless driving.
July 10, 2025
Client was charged with aggravated fleeing under Missouri’s new Valentine’s Law. Client was accused of taking police on a high speed chase in a manner that created a substanital risk of serious physical injury or death. If convicted, client faced a mandatory minimum of one year in jail and up to ten years in prison as a prior and persistent offender. Attorney Brian Cooke was able to successfully persuade the prosecutor that there was not sufficient evidence to show a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death, as required by the statute. The charge was reduced to a misdeanor resisting arrest with 60 days, credit for time served.
June 18, 2025
A prominent St. Louis night club promoter was charged with Domestic Assault in the 2nd Degree, Domestic Assault in the 3rd Degree, and Stealing after a former girlfriend accused him of slapping her, choking her, and stealing her cell phone. During our investigation we gained access to her social media accounts which showed that she had no bruises on her neck, that she had fabricated the story becuase she upset about infidelity, and that she had committed felony property damage against our client’s new girlfriend during the pendency of the case. We forced her to admit to all these facts during a deposition. Shortly therafter, the prosecutor dismissed all charges against our client.
May 11, 2025
A St. Louis woman was charged with felonies for participating in a group which allegedly assaulted and kidnapped a man. Subsequent to the assault, a co-defendant shot and killed the victim. At sentencing, attorney Brian Cooke persuaded the judge to grant probation and give the defendant a suspended imposition of sentence. As a result, our client will have no felony conviction so long as she sucessfully completes probation.
April 9, 2025
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 going to trial on the date the judge had set, and the pre-existing case was dismissed. We argued that the state had exceeded its permissable authority to indict on a charge that was already pending and had abused its power. The judge agreed and ordered the case dismissed
April 2, 2025
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, including the defendant being in the bedroom. The jury returned a not guilty verdict in 20 minutes.
March 25, 2025
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 filed a motion to suppress to exclude the medical records. The motion argued that the officer should have obtained a search warrant instead of a subpoena and that even if he had obtained a valid warrant there would not have been probable cause to justify the warrant. On cross examination, the officer was impeached over and over and finally admitted he did not have probable cause to believe our client was driving while intoxicated prior to obtaining the medical records. The judge ordered the medical records excluded and the prosecution had no choice but to dismiss the case.
March 4, 2025
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 persuaded the prosecutor to ammend the charge to involuntary manslaughter with a sentence of 6 years. As a result, our client will only have to serve 28 months before becoming eligible for parole.
February 21, 2025
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 the state to save his children from following down the same path as him. Although the judge could have easily sentenced him to 15 years, our arguments persuaded him to let our client off probation entirely. As a result, our client is back home with his family.
