State v. C.K.

Gross Misdemeanor sentence from the Court. Here, a manifest, but understandable, injustice was occurring, due less to the error by a client, and more from an intransigent County Attorney, unwilling to authorize her staff attorneys to employ the discretion that vocation necessarily entails. “Office Policy” was cited at every turn when Mr. Adkins sought to reduce this felony to a gross misdemeanor, and the result was a bit of a roll of the dice—but the final pronouncement was better than could have been dreamed of—no actual punishment, continuation of the client’s commitment to his church for community service, and the smallest fine available ($50!)… and the Court announced it was the best effort by a client to rehabilitate himself in the eleven years the judge had been in a robe. Exhilarating results, with a brief term for probation, a ready ladder to expungement, and erasure of a life-altering felony count. Just a signature win. This young man even gets to recover the seized vehicle, in the absence of a felony conviction—a complete win!