Category: Success Stories
We recently defended a husband and wife who had been charged with passing bad checks in the third and fourth degree, respectively. Our clients faced probation, fines, and even incarceration. The evidence against our clients was substantial and the State was confident that it could meet its burden to convict. After retaining our services, we immediately went […]
At William Proetta Criminal Law, our DUI defense attorneys pride themselves in beating driving while intoxicated charges in New Jersey. DWI defense is a niche area of law that requires a great deal of skill and experience pertaining to standardized field sobriety testing (SFST’s) and the Alcotest (New Jersey’s Breathalyzer). New Jersey has the reputation […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently represented a client who had been charged with Possession of Marijuana under 50 grams under 2C:35-10a(4) as well as Drug Paraphernalia under 2C:36-2. These are both disorderly persons offenses that are punishable by 6 months in jail and typically handled in municipal court. Moreover, New Jersey does not allow plea bargaining for defendants who […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently defended a juvenile client in Superior Court who had been charged and arrested for 1st degree Robbery. The State alleged the following facts; first that our client along with three other accomplices, including his brother, had confronted the victim in a park while walking home. Then the group of males pushed […]
Our criminal defense attorneys recently defended a client who had been charged and arrested for distributing the popular party drug known as “Molly”. Officers arrested our client and a co-defendant after allegedly witnessing drug sales being conducted. Our client was a college student with no prior record but he was charged with a second degree crime and was […]
Our office recently represented a client who had been charged with a DWI after crashing his car on the New Jersey Turnpike. State Troopers soon arrived and arrested him under suspicion of drunk driving and took him back to the station where he blew a 0.13% BAC. As a first time offender, he faced a mandatory […]
We recently defended a client who had been charged with shoplifting from a convenience store. Our client had no prior record and was adamant about avoid a conviction and any possible jail. However, shoplifting cases can be very tough since almost all major stores employ their own security, referred to a Loss Prevention Officers, who are […]
We recently assisted a client who was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on a major Middlesex County highway. After being pulled over for Failure to Maintain Lanes, he failed his Standardized Field Sobriety Test and was subsequently arrested and brought from his location on Route 287 to the Bridgewater Somerville Police Barracks where he was […]
We recently represented a client who was charged with a DWI and Refusal after State Police allegedly found her on the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway intoxicated. If convicted, our client would receive a mandatory suspension of upwards of 15 months and be required to install an ignition interlock device in her vehicle. Refusal […]
Our client was a passenger in an automobile pulled over for a broken taillight and cruising in the left lane. The officer believed that he had the requisite reasonable suspicion to pull the driver and passenger out of the car and request consent to search the vehicle; the fruits of which yielded one marijuana cigarette […]