A St. Louis County man was charged with possession of a defaced firearm after police searched a vehicle and claimed to have found the gun at his feet. At trial, attorney Brian Cooke forced the officer to admit that he never saw our client touching the gun and that he couldn’t say for certain who the gun belonged to. The client was found not guilty.

A St. Louis City Man was accused of felony resisting, possession of a firearm, tampering with a motor vehicle, and felony possession of a controlled substance while on felony probation for a weapons offense. If revoked, he faced a seven-year sentence. In addition, our client was accused of failing to report and using drugs while on probation. At the hearing, we were able to persuade the judge that the evidence of arrest on the new felony cases was not admissible and that the defendant had made efforts to report. At the conclusion of the hearing, the judge found that there was insufficient evidence to revoke the defendant and re-instated his probation.

Client was accused of struggling with officers while being arrested on an outstanding felony warrant. Attorney Brian Cooke was able to persuade the prosecutor to dismiss all charges by pointing out that the officers were in plain clothes and did not show their badges.

Client was accused of allegedly threatening to make his former boss a widow and making dozens of offensive Facebook posts about her. At trial, we were able to show that the Petitioner was not credible and that the Facebook posts were constitutionally protected speech. After a long trial, the judge made a quick ruling in favor of our client and denied the restraining order.

A Pulaski County man was pulled over for an alleged traffic violation. After the stop he consented to a search of his vehicle which resulted in the discovery of multiple illegal drugs. Attorney Brian Cooke was able to show that the initial stop and detention were illegal. As a result, the prosecuting attorney had no choice but to dismiss the case.

Client was accused of DWI and leaving the scene after allegedly stumbling out of a gas station with a 30 pack of bar and rear-ending a parked car. Police claim he failed all field sobriety tests, became belligerent, and refused a breathalyzer. During a pre-trial hearing attorney Brian Cooke was able to show that the police officer did not correctly administer the field sobriety tests. Furthermore, attorney Cooke was able to argue that there was no probable cause to arrest the client because enough time had lapsed between the alleged driving and arrest that it was impossible to prove the client was intoxicated at the time he was accused of driving.