Case Results

Stay of adjudication. Though this is a traffic incident, when a child is present outside the school bus, cities tend to take this charge very seriously and make negotiations challenging. Armed with a proactive step and a remorseful client, Mr. Gempeler successfully obtained a non-conviction, which is a fantastic and rare outcome for these gross misdemeanor charges. For a client that was facing a serious criminal record and a loss of license, this outcome is beyond what was expected.

Dismissed. Once Mr. Gempeler sought to schedule a contested hearing to challenge the legality of the felony stop executed on our client, the State immediately dismissed the case, knowing full well that the argument was strong and Mr. Gempeler would win. Additionally, the State knew additional discovery sought on the officer in question would reveal damaging information that would only further bolster our case. For a client that faced a frightening scene of being ordered out of his car immediately at gun-point, justice is served with this outcome.

Continuance for dismissal. Mr. Adkins negotiated aggressively at the first pretrial, after Mr. Gempeler conclusively established the defenses at the arraignment, including negating a near-automatic Domestic Abuse No Contact Order - a nearly unheard of result at Ridgedale. Still, getting a continuance for dismissal with the allegations raised is no small feat for the Ridgedale courthouse. The family is fully reunited, recommitted and recovering, and the result will be no plea of guilty, no conviction, no criminal record, and automatic expungement once the conditional release term ends, in a few short months. A total win, for people who deserve nothing less.

Stay of Adjudication. Wonderful client stopped for his second DUI near his workplace, late in the evening, and the officer left him, to go deal with a nearby fight… our man mistakenly heads off home, and catches a felony fleeing count, that unfortunately matched the statute. However, a combination of aggressive advocacy by Mr. Adkins and the North Star team, and client’s devotion to sobriety and rule-following, means he’s headed to a treatment court, and those folks recommended a far better result on the felony—a Stay of Adjudication! Client and family are over the moon, rightfully so—he’s back to work, driving on a full license, and NO lifetime felony complications. Just remarkable success, here.

Plea to a fifth degree assault. Mr. Adkins moves the needle again, getting a very conservative prosecutor from a tough jurisdiction to discount a broken skull, and significant injuries as a result of a needless punch (on video), even protecting the result from a last-minute effort by the State to withdraw and reinstate felony charges… Never hurts to have a litigator with three decades of experience and credibility to get matters to the finish line.