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Violation: Driving on Suspended License and Failure to Appear

 

Result:  Driving on Suspended License reduced to $25 fine for Failure to Exhibit License and Client was allowed to enter pre-trial diversion for the Failure to Appear. The client received no jail time, no criminal record and was able to keep her license.

 

Additional Details: Client received a citation for driving on a suspended license and reached an agreement to return to court with a drivers license on a specified date.  The client failed to return to court as ordered for 3 years but was eventually arrested on a failure to appear warrant in Wilson County, Tennessee. After application for a certified criminal history, the client received pre-trial diversion for the failure to appear, resulting in no criminal record nor jail time and the driving on a suspended license was dismissed upon a $25.00 fine for failure to exhibit her license. This resolution resulted in no jail time for the client, no criminal record and allowed her to retain her new license.

 

Read More Violation: Boating Under the Influence and Reckless Boating
 
Result: Judicial Diversion with all records to be expunged after 1 year, no jail time, and 6-month suspension of boating privileges.
 
Additional Details: Client charged with boating under the influence and reckless boating in Sumner County, Tennessee.  State initially requested jail time, one year of probation, and one year of loss of boating privileges. After demanding and receiving video tape of actual event taken with a handheld camera by a TWRA officer, client received judicial diversion, which means no conviction will go on his record and all records will be expunged after one year, no jail time and a 6 month suspension of his boating privileges.

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Case Type: Car Accident in Wilson County Tennessee (Lebanon)

Case Details:  Our client was rear ended by another vehicle. He suffered a very painful neck injury. The at-fault party's insurance company alleged our client was fabricating his injuries and was not injured as seriously as he was. Our client had to have a wire mesh "cage" implanted in his neck to relieve the pain.

Result: After a jury trial, our client was awarded $369,000 plus lifetime medical coverage for treatment arising from the injury he received in the accident.

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Case Type: Car Accident in Houston County, Tennessee

Case Details:  Our client was injured by a commercial truck in Houston County Tennessee and suffered a pelvic fracture, medical expenses and pain and suffering.

 Result: After settlement negotiations, the at-fault company's insurance settled with our client for $425,000 plus lifetime medical treatment arising from the injuries caused in the accident.

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Case Type:  Car Accident in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

 

Case Details:  Keith Williams represented client who suffered knee injury in a car accident in which she was not at fault.

 

Result:  .Assertive negotiations with at fault party's insurance company resulted in a $100,000 settlement for our client's knee injury.

Read More Violation: Driving on Suspended License and Failure to Appear
 
Result: No jail time for either charge and reinstatement of drivers’ license.
 
Additional Details: Client was charged with driving on a suspended license in August of 2010 and give a court date of September 2010. Prior to the court date, the client was incarcerated in another county and served an extensive jail sentence. The client did not contact the court either during his incarceration or after his release and did not report to the court until another arrest in June of 2014.  While the court was not impressed at his failure to contact the court upon his release from custody for such a long period of time, the defense of incarceration on the court date was sufficient to warrant a dismissal of the charge of failure to appear. The charge of driving on a suspended drivers’ license was amended, thereby eliminating another suspension of his driving privilege. This was possible after we assisted the client with obtaining additional time to have his license reinstated.  No jail time on either charge.

Read More Violation: DUI

Results: All charges dismissed

Additional Details: Our client was charged with DUI after being pulled over in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in response to the client being stopped at a flashing yellow light. Client was arrested for DUI and submitted to a blood test that yielded a .14 ethyl alcohol result. On behalf of the client, we filed a motion to suppress all evidence resulting from the seizure of the client’s blood and vehicle based on the fact that the warrantless seizure lacked the requisite reasonable suspicion or probable cause to be justified.

After reviewing the video of the case and the motions filed on our client's behalf, the prosecuting attorney concluded that the stop was in fact unconstitutional and dismissed all charges.

Read More Violation: Attempted Aggravated Burglary

Results: Pre-Trial Diversion on Misdemeanor Criminal Trespass (no criminal record)

Additional Details: Our client was arrested after going to the home of a prior girlfriend and started to remove the screen in order to gain access to the home. Our client was charged with attempted aggravated burglary. Our investigation was able to show that, while the client did attempt to remove the screen, he terminated the attempt on his own accord. The matter only came to the attention of authorities after the family returned home from a vacation.  After completing our investigation, obtaining appropriate counseling for the client as to his reasons for making the attempt to enter the home, and compiling  his current college transcripts and accomplishments, an agreement was reached entering into a pre-trial diversion on a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespass. As a result, the client received no criminal record or supervised probation.