Case Results

Houston Criminal Lawyer James Sullivan has represented more than 3,000 clients in criminal and juvenile courts in Harris and surrounding counties.  The cases listed in the graph below and the detailed accounts that follow the graph represent just a small fraction of those by James Sullivan.  The cases listed in the graph cover just those since January 2008.  A graph covering the cases represented since 1994 would be much too lengthy to post.

Note: When a Grand Jury No Bills a felony complaint, it means that the case is dismissed and the accused can seek an expunction of the criminal records relating to that accusation.  All felony cases listed were no billed after the grand jury reviewed an extensive packet prepared by James Sullivan.
1° = 1st Degree Felony, 2° = 2nd Degree Felony, 3° = 3rd Degree Felony, SJF = State Jail Felony
A = Class A Misdemeanor, B = Class B Misdemeanor
CASE #
CT #
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2013
JUVENILE
JACKSON COUNTY
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) in Jackson County (Edna)
PRIVATE PLACEMENT AT PEGASUS SCHOOL FOR 9-12 MONTHS OF SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING and then probation at home without sex offender registration (Probation Department recommended placement at TJJD, formerly known as TYC)
1370138
228th
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (1° Felony)
REDUCED TO BURGLARY OF HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT (2° Felony) with 5 years TDC (Client was accused of breaking into neighbor’s downstairs apartment through the air vent and then threatening a 17 year old girl who was home alone)
1369319
262nd
THEFT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO CLASS A MISDEMEANOR THEFT with 3 days in county jail and $25,000 in restitution (Client was accused of stealing over $170,000 in property from his employer.  Thorough investigation by defense counsel revealed serious discrepancies in company inventory records.)
CASE NOT YET FILED
MATA- GORDA COUNTY
INJURY TO A CHILD (3° Felony) in Matagorda County (Bay City)
NO BILLED BY A GRAND JURY (Client accused of causing bodily injury to her 10 year old son by striking him in his ribs)
JUVENILE
FORT BEND COUNTY
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) in Fort Bend County (Richmond)
REDUCED TO CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT with no Disposition (Client accused of touching his 12 year old younger sister when he was 14.  Case was resolved after client finished sex offender counseling)
JUVENILE
315
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY (1° Felony)(2 Cases)
3 YEARS OF DETERMINATE PROBATION AT HOME (16 year old client drove 2 guys on a crime spree--robbing several people in a short period of time. One guy got away and the other who was 17 received 3 years at TDC on a reduced aggravated assault charge)
JUVENILE
314
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony)
JURY TRIAL: NOT GUILTY (15 year old client was accused of abusing his 2½ year old niece and her 4 year old brother was an alleged eyewitness.  Niece did have injuries documented in a medical examination, but a thorough defense investigation uncovered severe credibility issues with the children and their mother, the outcry witness, and other reasonable explanations for the injuries were not investigated by law enforcement)
1855206
8
INTERFERING WITH DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVANT (B)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client was a decorated Iraqi war veteran with PTSD and accused of being drunk at a bar and interfering with a police investigation)
1360460
182
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE ENHANCED (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO CLASS A MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT with time served, 3 days in county jail.  Client had 2 previous Assault family violence convictions involving a different complainant.
1873091
1
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of possessing marihuana at his high school)







ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2012
1861238
7
THEFT
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing an I-Pad from a restaurant)
JUVENILE
315
AUTO THEFT (3° Felony)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing an acquaintance’s car)
CASE NOT YET FILED

INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony) in Montgomery County (Conroe)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of sexually abusing his 16 year old nephew)
1836380
14
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (B)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of possessing Xanax without a prescription)
08-02655
Jefferson County Criminal District Court
THEFT (SJF) in Jefferson County (Beaumont)
REDUCED TO CLASS B MISDEMEANOR with 20 actual days in county jail and no restitution (Client accused of stealing over $10,000 from his employer and allegedly signed a voluntary confession.  Thorough investigation by defense counsel cast serious doubt on the State’s ability to prove their case at trial)
JUVENILE
315th
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony), ASSAULT FV (A), ASSAULT FV (A), RESISTING ARREST (B)
DEFERRED PROSECUTION ON FELONY and stipulations on 3 misdemeanor cases. Cases were later dismissed after completion of deferred (Client with severe psychological problems accused of committing assault against her mother on 2 separate occasions and her sister’s boyfriend)
JUVENILE
315th
ARSON (1° Felony)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of setting fire to a house while using drugs)
JUVENILE
Brazoria County
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) in Brazoria County (Angleton)
REDUCED TO 3° FELONY ENTICING A CHILD WITH PROBATION AT HOME (13 year old client was originally accused of sexually abusing a 6 year old stepsister.  With the reduction, client can never be made to register as a sex offender)
JUVENILE
315th
FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID (3° Felony)
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION.  CASE WAS DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETING DIVERSION PROGRAM ON MARCH 28, 2013 (Client was originally accused of Aggravated Assault after running over drug dealer to save friend’s life.  The complainant suffered a broken hip)
1355748
248th
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Assault Family Member)(A)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION (Client falsely accused of having contact with complainant without permission of the court)
1356656
180TH
ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER BY IMPEDING (3° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of choking his girlfriend)
1352705
339TH
PCS 4G - 200G (Enhanced to 1° Felony)
5 YEARS DADJ (Persuaded court to grant client deferred adjudication probation with outpatient drug treatment even though client had a prior felony drug conviction)
1316057
339TH
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony)
3 YEARS DADJ (After preparing case for trial, persuaded court to grant client deferred adjudication probation on his third evading by motor vehicle case even though client had prior felony convictions)
JUVENILE
313TH
EXHIBITION OF FIREARM AT SCHOOL (3° Felony)
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION.  CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM  (Client accused of threatening to bring a gun to school to shoot other students)
1765259
4
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED (Client accused of shoplifting and successfully completed a Pre-Trial Intervention)
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (3°) and ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (A)
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION.  CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM  (Client accused of hitting mother and on a later date threatening her with a steak knife)
1794186
10
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Possession of Marihuana)(B)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION (Client hired James Sullivan after firing her first attorney)
1845325
14
HARBORING A RUNAWAY (A)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of giving shelter to a runaway teenager)
1340646
184TH
INJURY TO A CHILD (1° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of breaking his infant son’s leg and 3 ribs)
1812130
4
THEFT (A)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing a cell phone at a party)
1336650
351ST
ASSAULT FAMILY  MEMBER/ IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of choking his wife during an argument)
1341002
183RD
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY MEMBER (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of intentionally trying to drive into and strike her girlfriend)
1338389
339TH
EVADING BY MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of evading police in her car when she drove about ½  mile at the posted speed limit before stopping at a friend’s house after a police officer had switched on his strobe lights)
JUVENILE
FT BEND COUNTY
STALKING (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO CLASS B MISDEMEANOR TERRORISTIC THREAT WITH PROBATION AT HOME (Client accused of threatening to kill high school class mate and following her around)
1332791
185TH
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of having sex with 16 year old girl that falsely claimed she was 18)
1319150
337TH
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION (SJF)
SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS TDC ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING AFTER ORIGINALLY FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of failing to register after the 5th year)
1320193 & 1322637
232nd
FELON IN POSSESSION FIREARM (3° Felony) & UUMV (SJF)
SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS STATE JAIL FACILITY AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1319350
337TH
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD BY EXPOSURE (3° Felony)
RECEIVED 2 YEARS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION AT PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE SETTING AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of exposing himself to teenage stepdaughter)
1329665
177TH
BRIBERY (1°)
RECEIVED 5 YEARS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
JUVENILE
313TH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (Class A Misdemeanor)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client and his friends were accused of damaging an empty apartment next to their school)
CC 11-836
WALLER COUNTY

ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of injuring ex-wife after divorce was final. Client insisted he was innocent. State dismissed the case “in the interest of justice”).
JUVENILE
314TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
RECEIVED DEFERRED PROSECUTION (Client accused of threatening to stab classmate in the neck with a pair of sharp scissors)
1328289
351ST
EVADING ARREST BY  MOTOR VEHICLE (3° Felony)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client, a disabled Army veteran, was accused of fleeing police after an alleged shoplifting)
1306891
339TH
ROBBERY (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON JURY TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of stealing cell phone after attacking his girlfriend)(State only offered 4 years in prison before trial)




CASE #
CT #
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2011
1321679
184TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused breaking into home while homeowner was home, however client had credible alibi witnesses at the time of the alleged burglary)
1788479
9
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1283222
228TH
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION (3°)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1320824
337TH
EVADE ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC)
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
96222
LIBERTY COUNTY
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A) in Liberty County (Liberty)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING (Client accused of hitting his wife)
1318813
179TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFENDER (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1778741
9
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (B)
DISMISSED WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1317892
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
314TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR  ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1320509
337TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFNDER (Enhanced to 2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
926980
337th
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (THEFT)(SJF)
REVOKED AND SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED  (100 days HCJ under §12.44a)(Client had a reasonable due diligence argument regarding the failure of the police to arrest the defendant soon after the violation of probation)
1317454
337th
THEFT FROM A PERSON (SJF)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING and granted 2 years DADJ
JUVENILE
315TH
TERRORISTIC THREAT (B)
PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION.  CASE WILL BE DISMISSED AFTER COMPLETION OF DIVERSION PROGRAM  (Client accused of organizing group to take over middle school and threatened to kill teachers)
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) 
2 YEAR PROBATION AT HOME WITH SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING AND NO REGISTRATION
1278554
337th
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1245594
232ND
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO BURGLARY OF A BUILDING (SJF) with 6 months HCJ under §12.44a
1284911
337TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (ROBBERY)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1303014
337TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1287859
337TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (AGGRAVATED ROBBERY)(1° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1219184
337TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1736017
7
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE
DISMISSED BY STATE ON JURY TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony) and INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
1 YEAR PROBATION AT HOME WITH SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING AND NO REGISTRATION (Family hired attorney after client had confessed to police and began counseling)
1281492 +
1281493
174TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (1° Felony enhanced from 2° Felony based on prior penitentiary trips)
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC ON JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (State only offered 10 years prior to trial)
1287564
174TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
PSI HEARING, RECEIVED DADJ PROBATION (Client with mental illness stabbed his girlfriend in the arm and upper back.  State only offered prison time)
1302447
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of intentionally driving into and hitting the new girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend)
1304674
174TH
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1072069
178TH
SEXUAL ASSAULT (2° Felony)
JURY TRIAL.  JURY FOUND CLIENT GUILTY, ASSESSED 4 YEARS TDC AND RECOMMENDED PROBATION.  Client received 5 years of probation. Prior to trial, State’s best offer was 5 years at TDC.
1303747
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1302814
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of hitting man in head with beer bottle outside a bar;  client claimed self-defense)
1265758
178TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
1291937
263RD
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (1° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Police Officer shot at 4 unarmed teenagers in a truck and claimed that client pointed a gun at him)
1280973
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
JURY TRIAL - NOT GUILTY (Client believed he was about to be robbed by 2 men outside a bar; client claimed self-defense)
1728531
13
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
1728532
13
CARRYING A WEAPON (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
1290473
338TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual enhanced facing 25 years to Life in TDC)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1270822
176TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1298554
232ND
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS
1285290
174TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY CHOKING (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING
1649077
13
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED (DWI) 1ST OFFENDER (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1290201
338TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1721804
4
FAILURE TO STOP AND GIVE INFORMATION (FSGI) (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1293958
183RD
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING ARREST
1291050
339TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
314TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1292309
232ND
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING ARREST
1290883
183RD
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE 2ND OFFENDER (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
ROBBERY (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1289876
232ND
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY OF A  HABITATION (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS OF A HABITATION WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1239044
338TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Felony Habitual)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1285161
174TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1620865
5
DWI 1ST OFFENDER (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1260519
174TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (AGGRAVATED ASSAULT)(2° Felony)
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE;  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1281977
174TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of hitting other woman in head with metal pole)
1281428
174TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (Felony Habitual)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON (Client accused of hitting wife multiple times after both had been drinking)
1242240
338TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (THEFT)(State Jail Felony)
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE;  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1290201
338TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING




CASE #
CT #
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2010
1283460
232nd
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female)
1271051
182ND
ARSON (Habitation)(1° FELONY)
DISMISSED BY STATE AND RE-FILED AS A MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
JUVENILE
314TH
MOTION TO DE-REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
GRANTED, JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER ALLOWED TO DE-REGISTER
1267878
339TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY CHOKING (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1267877
339TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1-4g (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1274492
339TH
ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1261476
338TH
THEFT (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
1275771
180TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY
1268926
339TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1280607
178TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1277540
232ND
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1227382
183RD
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Robbery)(3° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED BY STATE;  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1270564
176TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY
1275133
178TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1231097
3
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (Theft)
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE.  PROBATION ENDED W/O CONVICTION.
1703584
15
DWI 2ND OFFENDER (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1264919
232ND
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female)
1114342
339TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2° Felony)
MADJ (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE;  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATINO
1067890
184TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (DWI 3RD OFFENDER)(3° Felony)
MRP (VOP) DISMISSED BY STATE.  CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
JUVENILE
313TH
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1610477
7
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS AND GRANTED DEFERRED PROSECUTION
1260791
232ND
ROBBERY (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1659992
9
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF A PROHIBITED WEAPON (A)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CARRYING A WEAPON
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1220515
179TH
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING; CLIENT FACED SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FOR LIFE
1220516
179TH
COMPELLING PROSTITUTION OF A CHILD (Felony Habitual)(2° Felony)
SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS TDC PRIOR TO SECOND JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1670880
1
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
REDUCED TO CLASS C MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
1256293
174TH
ATTEMPTED DISARMING POLICE OFFICER (STATE JAIL FELONY)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR RESISTING ARREST
1252585
262ND
FORGERY OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT (3° FELONY)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of passing a counterfeit $100 bill at store)
1247461
232ND
FORGERY OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT (STATE JAIL FELONY)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR FORGERY
1256660
232ND
ROBBERY (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO SFJ THEFT FROM A PERSON
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN SCHOOL ZONE (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PCS
1241754
177TH
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of molesting his sister-in-law)
1241755
177TH
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (1° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of molesting his sister-in-law)
1202760
178TH
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (Felony Habitual)
SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS TDC ON JURY TRIAL SETTING AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1063539
232ND
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TERRORISTIC THREAT
1251123
232ND
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
2
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2°) in Fort Bend County (Richmond)
MRP (VOP) DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION.
1644635
4
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1647249
11
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
314
POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (2° Felony)
5 YEARS DETERMINATE PROBATION (Case first filed in 176TH Criminal District Ct as adult case, later dismissed and re-filed in Juvenile Court.  Government knew about child pornography when Client was 16 but did not execute search warrant until one week after his 17th birthday)
1226099
179TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT AND GRANTED 6 MONTHS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION ON JURY TRIAL SETTING
1233929
232ND
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD OFFENDER (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DWI
1223760
177TH
RETALIATION (Felony Habitual)
REDUCED TO STATE JAIL FELONY AFTER FACING 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
1635993
7
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1239319
262ND
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE BY IMPEDING BREATHING (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT




CASE #
CT #
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 2009
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1229447
228TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PCS WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
VIOLATION OF PROBATION
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME
JUVENILE
313TH
TRESPASS TO HABITATION (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1610544
2
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTTING
1231727
179TH
SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of consensual sex with underage female)
1218086
176TH
POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY  (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1218087
176TH
PROMOTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
VIOLATION OF PROBATION
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME
1238796
262ND
THEFT (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
EXPUNGED
208TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1630094
2
POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS DRUG (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1630095
2
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1221493
339TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1222195
339TH
PCS (State Jail Habitual facing 2-20 years in TDC)
SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS STATE JAIL ON JURY TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
GRAFFITI AT SCHOOL (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1227653
232ND
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR INDECENT EXPOSURE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1217540
177TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1072666
177TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE  (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2°)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT’S DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION TERMINATED WITHOUT A CONVICTION
1185502
179TH
ROBBERY (4 separate cases)(Felony Habitual)
SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS TDC ON TRIAL SETTING AFTER CLIENT FACED 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON; CLIENT STILL HAD 10 YEARS LEFT ON PAROLE WHEN FIRST CHARGED
1194679
179TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1147859
183RD
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3rd Offender)(3°)
MRP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1205480
177TH
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY (2 cases)(1 case dismissed)(1° Felony)
REDUCED TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony) AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION
1225666
232ND
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1225856
232ND
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR CARRYING WEAPON AND GRANTED DEFERRED PROSECUTION; CASE LATER DISMISSED
1147859
183RD
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION (DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD Offender)(3°)
MRP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1222418
339TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (2°)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR DEADLY CONDUCT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1179695
179TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT  (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2°)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1219160
179TH
EVADING ARREST BY MOTOR VEHICLE (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR EVADING AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
JUVENILE
315TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2°)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1211527
337TH
INJURY TO A CHILD (3°)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR INJURY TO A CHILD AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
JUVENILE
315TH
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING
1203539
337TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY
1200321
337TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2°)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS TO HABITATION PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING
1183601
232ND
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FV (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT ON TRIAL SETTING
1117545
208TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILTY (POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g)(2°)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED
08-03-03138 CR
359TH
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2 cases in Montgomery County)(1° Felony)
2 CASES DISMISSED ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING; CLIENT HAD FACED 5 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
JUVENILE
315TH
MANSLAUGHTER (4 cases)(3° Felony)
4 CASES DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING (Client crashed car into tree, killing 4 child passengers and causing himself irreversible brain injuries)
1205243
337TH
FORGERY (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1558250
13
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1201179
339TH
THEFT (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
1567575
5
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1194487
179TH
ROBBERY (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
313TH
INDECENCY WITH A CHILD (2° Felony)
CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITH 6 MONTHS PROBATION AT HOME
1197048
351ST
THEFT (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1197049
351ST
CREDIT CARD ABUSE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1202504
178TH
THEFT (State Jail Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR THEFT AND GRANTED DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
1185149
232ND
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
1182184
179TH
ASSAULT AGAINST PUBLIC SERVANT (3° Felony)
REDUCED TO ATTEMPTED PUBLIC SERVANT WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1182185
179TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1125649
179TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (INDECENCY WITH A CHILD)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1184044
183RD
ABANDONING A CHILD (3° Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1092900
232ND
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT (BURGLARY OF A HABITATION)(2° Felony)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
1182231
179TH
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT ASSAULT (1° Felony)
NO BILLED BY GRAND JURY (Client accused of breaking into house after a drug deal went bad)
1173402
337TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2° Felony)
REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT WITHOUT A TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
VIOLATION OF PROBATION
VOP DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION AT HOME
JUVENILE
315TH
CARRYING A WEAPON (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
1491538
14
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
EXPUNGED
155TH
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4-200g (Fayette County) (2°)
GRANTED PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION AND CASE LATER DISMISSED
1530102
14
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
314TH
MOTION TO DE-REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
GRANTED; JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER ALLOWED TO DE-REGISTER
1394502
14
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILTY (POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS DRUG)
MADJ DISMISSED; CLIENT RE-INSTATED ON PROBATION
JUVENILE
315TH
GRAFFITI AT SCHOOL (State Jail Felony)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9913348
8
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
JUVENILE
315TH
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE ON TRIAL SETTING
1500823
15
RESISTING ARREST (B)
REDUCED TO CLASS C MISDEMEANOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT
1119948
208TH
INSURANCE FRAUD (SJF)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING




























9612493
11
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING




9332659
3
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT  THEFT BY CHECK (B)
MADJ DISMISSED












CASE#
CT#
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL RESULTS IN 1996




707777
339TH
ASSAULT PUBLIC SERVANT (3°)
JURY TRIAL SETTING: DISMISSED BY STATE
9416623
232ND
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION WELFARE FRAUD (3°)
MRP DISMISSED
703578
184TH
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2°)
MADJ DISMISSED
9421878
232ND
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION BURGLARY OF A HABITATION (2°)
MRP DISMISSED
9522957
2
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT  THEFT (B)
MADJ DISMISSED
9521019
15
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
694303
174TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2°)
JURY TRIAL SETTING: DISMISSED BY STATE
CASE#
CT#
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL CASE RESULTS IN 1995
9545437
12
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9541647
7
THEFT OF SERVICE (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9535308
10
HARASSING COMMUNICATION (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
699705
248TH
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE (SJF)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9535817
10
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9402521
8
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT  THEFT BY CHECK (B)
MADJ DISMISSED
9434151
8
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT TERRORISTIC THREAT (B)
MADJ DISMISSED
9244923
8
THEFT BY CHECK (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9508328
13
HARASSING COMMUNICATION (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
69261
337TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (2°)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9413188
1
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT THEFT (B)
MADJ DISMISSED
9451665
4
TERRORISTIC THREAT (B)
JURY TRIAL SETTING: DISMISSED BY STATE
9505469
3
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9510246
13
EVADING ARREST (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9510243
13
EVADING ARREST (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9510305
5
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9413073
2
MOTION TO REVOKE PROBATION ASSAULT (A)
MRP DISMISSED
9450423
8
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9441852
7
CARRYING A WEAPON (A)
COURT TRIAL: NOT GUILTY
CASE#
CT#
TEXAS CRIMINAL OFFENSE
ACTUAL CASE RESULTS IN 1994
9418193
177TH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (3°)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9432456
7
ASSAULT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438098
1
THEFT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438097
1
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438096
1
THEFT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438092
1
THEFT (A)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438091
1
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
9438090
1
THEFT (B)
DISMISSED BY STATE WITHOUT TRIAL SETTING
535429
177th
MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT  CREDIT CARD ABUSE (SJF)
MADJ DISMISSED; UNSATISFACTORY TERMINATION

AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
James Sullivan represented a 25 year old man accused of 2 separate armed robberies, including a home invasion across the street from the South Houston Police Department. The chief of police and another police officer testified in trial that they positively identified Sullivan's client as one of the three armed robbers who fled on foot from the scene. The police initially suspected Sullivan’s client because his vehicle was left behind at the scene. After the jury returned a not guilty verdict, the prosecutor dismissed the second aggravated robbery. If convicted of either robbery case, the accused faced 25 years to life in prison. Sullivan then represented his client at a parole revocation hearing and his client was kept on parole.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY

NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
James Sullivan defended a 21 year old man accused of killing a young man in a head-on car accident in northwest Houston. The accused allegedly had traces of cocaine in his system, was driving over the speed limit in the rain, on the wrong side of the road, and with "bald" tires. The force of the impact caused the engine from one of the cars to be ejected and thrown about 50 feet from the car. Unfortunately, the sports car the decedent was driving did not have air bags, and the driver was killed instantly when his head hit the steering wheel.
The accused denied using drugs and testified he was on his way to work for a local service station. The accused had auto insurance. Sullivan hired a drug toxicologist expert who conducted his own lab tests and questioned the validity of the blood tests conducted by the Houston Police Lab. Photographs of the accused's tires reflected that they had sufficient tread and the inspection sticker was current on his car.  Due to the heavy rain, his car hydroplaned across lanes and struck the decedent's car head on. A witness testified he was going 5-10 miles above the speed limit. To be guilty of negligent homicide, Sullivan argued to the jury, requires gross negligence and not simple negligence. After only 10 minutes of deliberation, the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
James Sullivan represented a 40 year old man accused in two cases of sexually assaulting his 6 year old daughter in Ft. Bend County. The accusations arose one week after the accused contacted an attorney to file for divorce. The outcry witness, the child's mother, had threatened her husband not to leave her or he would never see his children again. By viewing the child's videotaped interview from the Children's Assessment Center and carefully observing her demeanor, body language and the manner in which she responded to the questions of the forensic interviewer, Sullivan could tell that the child had been coached. Sullivan also interviewed several witnesses who corroborated the motivation for the mother to file false charges.
RESULT: BOTH CASES DISMISSED ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING

BURGLARY OF A HABITATION
James Sullivan represented a 14 year old boy who–along with six others–was accused of breaking into a home and stealing a safe containing about $15,000 in cash. A police officer arrested his client, took him to the police station and obtained a signed confession from him. James's client said the officer browbeat a false confession out of him and that he was actually swimming at a YMCA at the time of the burglary. In addition to his alibi witnesses, James also subpoenaed to trial the five teenagers who had actually committed the crime and who were already on probation.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY

MANSLAUGHTER (4 CASES)
James Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy who was charged with four cases of manslaughter based on his alleged reckless driving. His client allegedly drove his father's car in excess of the speed limit, lost control, drove off the road and hit a tree. In the accident, his 16 year old best friend, two 15 year old girls and his 5 year old sister were killed on impact. None of the children were wearing their seat belts. The State sought to certify his client as an adult and to transfer his case to criminal district court where he would have faced 2-20 years in prison on each case. Sullivan was convinced that his client was severely brain injured due to the accident and was not competent. Sullivan persuaded the court to reset the case for a psychiatric evaluation. The evaluation came back that his client was indeed incompetent. An expert witness for the defense testified at trial that his client was incompetent and not likely to ever regain competency. The court agreed. After his client turned 18, Sullivan persuaded the State to dismiss the charges.
RESULT: ALL 4 FELONY CASES DISMISSED

ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a large 13 year old boy accused of attacking his behavioral adjustment teacher and seriously injuring her in the hallway outside her classroom. The Houston Press covered the trial in an article entitled "School Scam? Did a teacher fabricate a student assault to collect disability?" After finding his client not guilty, the jury asked Sullivan how charges could be filed against the teacher for perjury and insurance fraud.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY

POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
James Sullivan represented a 13 year old girl accused of possession between 1-4 grams of cocaine. She was at an apartment with her boyfriend and two other teenage couples. One of the couples got into a fight. That girl called a friend who in turn called the police. When a police officer arrived at the door, that couple jumped out the back window and ran away. The officer entered the apartment without a warrant, claiming he heard what he thought were the sounds of a body being dragged across the floor. In a suppression hearing, Sullivan elicited from the officer that he did not hear any such sounds at all. Hence, there was no valid emergency to justify his warrantless search and seizure. The judge granted Sullivan's motion to suppress evidence of the possession.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
James Sullivan represented a 34 year old pregnant woman who–along with her live-in boyfriend–was charged with sexually assaulting her 12 year old daughter. The daughter was interviewed on two separate occasions at the Children's Assessment Center. In the first interview, the girl said that her mother was involved, but in her second interview, she suggested that her mother was not involved. Sullivan attended the trial of her boyfriend who was represented by another attorney and was found guilty by the jury. Sullivan was prepared to represent the mother at trial the following week.
RESULT: FELONY CASES DISMISSED ON THIRD TRIAL SETTING

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
James Sullivan represented a 19 year old man accused of repeatedly molesting his 14 year old half- sister over a period of several years. In the same videotaped interview at the Children's Assessment Center, the half-sister also accused her uncle of raping her at his mobile home while his wife was outside attending a party. Her physical exam came back as normal. Through a thorough investigation, Sullivan was able to show that the complainant had falsely accused at least one other teenager of sexually assaulting her. Sullivan was also able to show clear bias and other motivation for her false charges.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL

SEXUAL ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy accused of raping a 17 year old girl at her home. After a lengthy investigation, Sullivan was able to cast doubt on the credibility of his accuser in several ways, including the fact that his client did attend football practice at the time that his accuser claimed that he had followed her home and raped her.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED

AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
James Sullivan represented a 19 year old man who was accused of trying to rob a man with a knife in the parking lot of his apartment complex. His client said that he was outside looking for his girlfriend and had accosted the man because he had seen her talking to him later. He denied pulling a knife on him. Sullivan investigated the background of the accuser and the circumstances of the incident. He then prepared an informational packet for the Grand Jury and had his client ready to testify.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD & INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
James Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy accused of molesting his six year old half-sister. After a thorough investigation of the home environment, Sullivan was able to show that–if the girl had been molested–the stepfather, a convicted drug user, was the likely perpetrator.
RESULT: FELONY CASES REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST A PUBLIC SERVANT (POLICE OFFICER)
James Sullivan represented a deranged woman who walked up to a police officer in a grocery store and lunged at him with a butcher knife. Fortunately, the officer was able to subdue and arrest her without either of them being physically injured. It was soon learned that the woman had a lengthy documented history of mental illness. In the first hearing, Sullivan persuaded a jury to find his client incompetent to stand trial with no substantial likelihood of regaining competency. His client was then committed to a state hospital for treatment. In a later court trial, Sullivan persuaded the court to find his client not guilty by reason of insanity.
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY

INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
James Sullivan represented a 14 year old boy accused of touching a 13 year old girl in her genital area against her will behind the bleachers in the school gymnasium. After interviewing several eyewitnesses and taking photos of the scene, Sullivan was able to cast doubt on the girl's version of events.
RESULT: FELONY CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL

FELONY THEFT
James Sullivan represented a middle-aged businessman accused of felony theft for allegedly fencing over $60,000 in stolen inventory from a local business. Through an intensive investigation, Sullivan learned that the co-defendant knowingly sold the inventory at a steep discount through his client to a distributor who had to have known the inventory was stolen. Sullivan was able to present his client as a naive broker who only received $8,000 in what he thought was a legitimate fee from the transaction. On the second trial setting, the State agreed to reduce the charges to a misdemeanor, allow his client to receive deferred adjudication probation so that he would not receive a conviction, and allow his client to pay back only $8,000 in restitution.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON SECOND TRIAL SETTING

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a 21 year old man accused of attacking a man with a broken beer mug and seriously injuring him. When the police went to question the accused, they found a large amount of cocaine in the apartment where he had spent the night. He was not charged with drug possession. After a thorough investigation, Sullivan prepared an informational packet, including the accused lengthy rap sheet and affidavits from witnesses, for the Grand Jury.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a woman who was accused of biting off her ex-boyfriend's tongue. Through an investigation, Sullivan was able to show that she probably acted in self-defense as he was attempting to rape her while high on drugs.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR PRIOR TO TRIAL SETTING

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a 40 year old woman who allegedly stabbed her wheel-chair bound husband in the chest with a kitchen knife. The woman had a long history of mental illness and allegedly had stabbed him on a previous occasion. Through a lengthy investigation, Sullivan learned that he had a lengthy crack cocaine addiction and had been brain-injured in a prior car accident.  Sullivan was prepared to present a compelling justification argument of self-defense.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR ON DAY OF TRIAL

DISARMING OF A POLICE OFFICER
James Sullivan represented a man with a lengthy criminal record who-- after binge drinking at a nearby cantina--broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment when she refused to talk to him. He then threatened to kill himself. He went to the kitchen, grabbed a steak knife and proceeded to stab himself in the chest. After making several superficial puncture wounds, he told her that he was going to call the police and attack them with the knife so they would kill him.
He then called the police on himself. When they arrived, he wisely threw the knife down and rushed at them screaming, "Shoot me! Shoot me! Tase me! Tase me!". Fortunately for him, they did not grant his request, but instead tackled him to the ground. He then attempted to grab one of the officers' weapons. Sullivan persuaded the State not to charge his client with Burglary with the intent to commit assault as his client had no intent to assault his ex-girlfriend and persuaded the State to reduce the felony Disarming case to a misdemeanor Attempted Disarming as his client had no intent to use the weapon against the officers but apparently only against himself.
RESULT: FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR

ASSAULT AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER & EVADING BY MOTOR VEHICLE
James Sullivan represented a 16 year old boy who was accused of two felony charges: Assault on a Police Officer for allegedly striking an undercover police officer with his car and Evading by Motor Vehicle for continuing to drive away. At the jury trial, Sullivan argued that his client had just been jumped by two teens and was trying to drive away when a guy walked up with a gun drawn that he believed was trying to car jack him. The gun man was an undercover police officer who flashed his ID card and identified himself. In his pain and confusion, his client understandably did not believe him and drove off. The passenger side mirror on his car struck the officer. After several hours of deliberation, the jury could not reach a verdict. The State then agreed to dismiss the felony assault charge, reduce the felony evading case to a misdemeanor and let his client receive deferred prosecution so that he would not receive a conviction.
VERDICT: HUNG JURY

ATTEMPTED MURDER
James Sullivan represented a 25 year old man who was the alleged local leader of MS-13, a notorious El Salvadoran gang. His client allegedly shot a fellow gang member in the back after a night of heavy drinking. By comparing the caliber of the bullet fired to the respective firearms of the gang members, Sullivan was able to show that the complainant was shot by a different member of the gang.
RESULT: CASE DISMISSED

INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
James Sullivan secured a reduction to a misdemeanor for a 14 year old boy charged with a second degree felony of indecency with a child. On the day of trial, the Stated reduced the charges from a determinate felony case to a misdemeanor indecent exposure and allowed him to receive probation at home.
RESULT: FELONY CASE REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR

ROBBERY (4 CASES)
James Sullivan represented a 40 year old man with a lengthy felony criminal record dating back 15 years. His client had a severe drug problem. He previously had served 8 years of a 25 year sentence as a habitual felon for burglary of a habitation. Two days after being released from prison on a drug case, he was arrested on four cases of robbery and was suspected in at least four other cases. He allegedly snatched purses from women causing minor injuries while driving his father's truck which, along with him, was later identified by witnesses. Facing 25 to Life as a habitual felon for the second time, he opted for trial. He had 10 years left on his parole.
RESULT: 10 YEARS TDC ON 2 CASES, 2 CASES DISMISSED ON TRIAL SETTING

BURGLARY OF A HABITATION WITH INTENT TO COMMIT ASSAULT
James Sullivan represented a 23 year old woman accused of breaking into an apartment along with a male drug dealer and attacking several people who had been asleep. The woman insisted that she was falsely accused but wanted to accept a plea bargain just to get out of jail to take care of her two young children and ailing mother. Her family could not afford to post her bond and the judge refused to lower it. Sullivan was able to persuade his client to stay in jail and to allow him to conduct a quick investigation because he strongly believed that his client was innocent. Sullivan located several witnesses who corroborated her version of events that she was not involved in the drug deal gone bad but was only attempting to assist the male who was being attacked by several people with a knife. He then prepared an informational packet for the Grand Jury and had his client ready to testify.
RESULT: CASE NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY