Client was previously charged with two counts of possession of marijuana and did not have an previous convictions. An easy course of action would have been to utilize the Tennessee diversion program for first offenders to avoid any criminal record. Being aware from 29 years of experience that clients, especially young clients, are likely to encounter [...]
Mt. Juliet Complex DUI July 2019 Client came to Frank Lannom Law Group for defense of his Mt. Juliet Tennessee DUI charge. He had successfully completed rehabilitation in a dual diagnosis facility. Dual diagnosis facilities specifically (in theory) treat addiction driven by mental illness. Often the mental illness is self medicated with drugs. In this case, the client was extremely [...]
Charge: Domestic Assault Lebanon (Wilson County) TN Client was accused of assaulting a girlfriend at their home in Lebanon (Wilson County) Tennessee. The responding and arresting officer saw the alleged victim with a bleeding nose and swollen eye. The girlfriend had confronted the defendant over an alleged other women where a scuffle occurred. The defendant was [...]
Aggravated Domestic Assault - Sumner County Hendersonville, TN Client was charged with Aggravated Domestic Assault in Sumner County, Tennessee. An agreement was reached to lower the charge to domestic assault and to submit to a bench trial in General Sessions Court. After a lot of hard work and preparation by myself, my associate attorneys, investigators [...]
DUI 2nd offense - Rutherford County Murfreesboro, TN Client was impaired and wrecked his automobile. His blood alcohol level was .24 (three times the legal limit) and this was his second offense. Client utilized a a transdermal ankle monitor for over six months as we tried to get him approved for a DUI [...]
Charge: Assault of Juvenile Result: Case dismissed and expunged Details: Client was charged with assaulting a 17 year old juvenile in Smith County. The client is a military veteran who was coaching ball when extensive vulgarities came from a group of juveniles disrupting the coaching. After the disruption ended, the coach was approached aggressively by the [...]
Charge: DUI - Smith County, Tennessee Outcome: DUI dismissed, client plead to lesser charge: Details: Client was involved in a minor accident and returned to the scene. After his arrest for DUI, his blood was taken via search warrant and the result exceeded the legal limit by 2 times. A close look at the case found [...]
Client was charged with DUI 2nd offense (although she was properly a third offender) while asleep in her car in a truck stop. Tennessee’s law on being in physical control of a vehicle being sufficient for a DUI resulted in her arrest and charge with DUI 2nd. After obtaining the video, we were able to [...]
As a result of a contentious divorce, our female client (wife) was charged with two counts of domestic assault (one in Davidson County and one in Wilson County), vandalism, and violation of conditional release. While the alleged victim (husband) was highly aggressive in pursing the allegations with the district attorney general, our client steadfastly held that [...]
Our client was charged with drug possession, having a prohibited weapon, and possession of drug paraphernalia by the Mt. Juliet TN Police Dept. It was important to avoid a conviction that would hinder his employment prospects. Our client followed our advice and provided 3 clean drug screens and had an alcohol and drug assessment. After reviewing the tape [...]
