January 12, 2025 - MANSLAUGHTER/GUN CHARGES DISMISSED. Government files a nolle pros on Manslaughter and Firearms indictments before trial in Hampden County Superior Court.
December 3, 2024 - DISMISSAL. Felony drug charge of Possession of class B with intent to distribute dismissed on the day of trial in the Chicopee District Court.
September 18, 2024 - NOT GUILTY of the most serious count of indecent assault and battery and guilty of the least serious factual allegation, only in Springfield District Court. Client receives probation and does no jail time even though the Commonwealth asked for 2.5 years. Non-public offender registration, only.
July 24, 2024 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON ASSAULT IN THE FIRST/SECOND-DEGREE - Our client was charged with assault in the second degree in May, 2022 after a stabbing that flowed from a dispute between neighbors. The case was indicted in the Schenectady County Court. One week before our original trial date, the DA threatened to recharge the case as an assault in the first degree if our client didn’t plead guilty and take a 5 year prison sentence. This would up the mandatory prison penalty to a 10 year minimum and up to 25 years. Our client was steadfast in his decision to go to trial. We informed the government that it could not strip our client of his trial rights by coercing a plea. As promised, the DA reindicted him on the new charge and upped the mandatory sentence. The plea offer then went up to 7 years. We showed up ready to fight at the new trial date on the new charge of assault in the first degree. The jury saw the truth. Our client was justified in using deadly force in self-defense. Client found not guilty of all counts on July 24, 2024. Our client walked out of court on a charge carrying a 10 year mandatory-minimum sentence.
June 11, 2024 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON 1ST/2ND DEGREE MURDER. Our twenty-three year old client was charged in Hampden County Superior Court with first degree murder for defending herself with a knife after being attacked. The decedent suffered 15 stab wounds. Our client rejected a plea offer of 12-14 years in prison even though she was facing life in prison. The jury acquitted her of first-degree and second-degree murder but convicted on the lesser included charge of manslaughter due to excessive force. The sentencing guidelines were 8-12 years. The government asked for 12-15 years. Due to overwhelming evidence of mitigation, including no prior criminal record, our client received a sentence of 6-8 years in state prison. The sentence was half of what the prosecutor asked for and below the sentencing guidelines. Our client went from facing life in prison without the possibility of parole to being parole eligible for release in approximately two and a half more years (after serving16 months pretrial).
January 23, 2024 - GUN CHARGES DISMISSED. Our client was charged with carrying a firearm without a license and other firearms offenses in Springfield District Court. Carrying a firearm, under M.G.L. c. 269 s. 10(a), carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 18 months in jail, if convicted. Attorney Horgan filed a Motion to Dismiss and the Court dismissed all charges.
January 10, 2024 - CONTINUATION WITHOUT A FINDING. Our Client was indicted in Hampden Superior Court for financial crimes, including larceny over and medicaid fraud of more than $150,000. The Court agreed with Attorney Horgan that the individual was deserving of a second-chance. No jail time and no finding of guilty. Case continued without a finding and client placed on probation.
October 23, 2023 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT. Our Client was the subject of police overreach and charged with assault and battery on a police officer, shoplifting, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace in the Chicopee District Court. The shoplifting charge was successfully dismissed before trial. Client was found not guilty of assault and battery on a police officer and disorderly conduct. A hung jury on the count of resisting arrest resulted in that charge being dismissed. Client paid a $100 fine for “Disturbing the Peace.”
September 12, 2023 - CASE DISMISSED. Our Client was charged with trafficking in cocaine over 200 grams in Hampden County Superior Court. The Court suppressed all of the cocaine and the drug trafficking prosecution was crippled. Case dismissed.
June 06, 2023 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT. Our Client was charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery in the Springfield District Court. The case stemmed from an untrustworthy and vindictive neighbor. With no prior record, a loss would have been devastating for our Client. During trial, Attorney Horgan successfully attacked the witnesses’ credibility. The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on both counts.
May 23, 2023 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED (200+ GRAMS OF COCAINE) . Our Client was charged with trafficking in cocaine over 200 grams in Hampden County Superior Court after Springfield police found a brick of cocaine inside of the client’s pants. Attorney Horgan filed a motion to suppress illegally seized evidence. The Court agreed with Attorney Horgan that the police had no reasonable suspicion or probable cause to remove the client from the truck that he was a passenger in, search him, or the truck. The police illegally arrested our client and brought him to the police station where a brick of cocaine was discovered hidden in their pants. 200+ grams of cocaine/evidence suppressed.
April 3, 2023 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND LESSER INCLUDED MANSLAUGHTER. Our Client was charged with murder for a shooting near the Holyoke Mall. After a week long trial in the Hampden County Superior Court, our client was found not guilty of the 2nd degree murder charge and the lesser included charge of manslaughter. Client was held for one year and eight months before Attorney Horgan took the case. After just one year on the case and a thorough investigation of the allegations, the matter was promptly brought to trial. Attorney Horgan presented the client’s claim of proper self-defense and the jury came back not guilty in about 90 minutes. Client only found guilty of carrying a firearm due to not having a license to carry. Client walked out of the Court house after trial and received time served on the gun offense.
March 31, 2023 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS ALLOWED. Our Client was facing charges in Hampden County Superior Court for trafficking in heroin after an illegal car stop by a Massachusetts State Trooper on 91 North. At a motion to suppress hearing, the Court was persuaded that the police officer’s testimony was not credible and contrary to body-camera footage introduced into evidence. The Court found that the stop was unconstitutional and violated the client’s rights. All charges dismissed.
February 7, 2023 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT. Our Client was accused of three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon during an alleged road rage incident. The case went to trial in the Springfield District Court. The sole witness had a motivation to lie about our client and the government offered no other proof. The jury deliberated for an hour and came back with a not guilty verdict on all three felony counts.
October 11, 2022 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client received pretrial probation in a domestic assault and battery case and the case was dismissed without a conviction in the Northampton District Court.
October 6, 2022 - REQUIRED FINDING OF NOT GUILTY on all counts. Our Client was over-charged with five counts of home invasion in the Hampden County Superior Court. After the Court denied a Motion to Dismiss filed on behalf of our client, we took the case to trial and secured a required finding of not guilty on all counts.
August 30, 2022 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client had charges of assault and battery and strangulation dismissed in the Springfield District Court.
July 26, 2022 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client was accused of two counts of assault and battery in the Northampton District Court. As a result of successful negotiations, all charges were dismissed six months from arraignment.
June 21, 2022 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT. Our Client was charged with operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence (OUI in Massachusetts, DWI in New York), subsequent offense in Springfield District Court. A conviction would have resulted in a mandatory 60 day jail sentence. No matter that our Client was alleged to have been passed out behind the wheel with the car still running in the middle of traffic and smelled like alcohol, our firm took the case to trial and secured a not guilty.
June 8, 2022 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Charges of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a person over 60 thrown out before trial in the Holyoke District Court.
December 21, 2021 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts, including Armed Assault with Intent to Rob and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon after a bench trial in the Hampden County Superior Court.
October 29, 2021 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts in a sexual assault case (charges included a potential life felony) after a jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court. These are difficult cases but our client courageously took the stand in his own defense and the jury acquitted him after his compelling testimony.
November 9, 2021 - MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL ALLOWED/HABITUAL OFFENDER CHARGE DISMISSED. Our client was facing a Habitual Offender indictment on drug charges in Hampden County Superior Court, including possession of heroin and crack-cocaine with the intent to distribute, and was therefore facing a 15-year mandatory prison sentence. Due to the drug-lab scandal involving a disgraced, former chemist, we filed a motion for a new trial on our Client’s predicate convictions/older cases. This resulted in getting the Habitual Offender charges dismissed and client received probation for his newest drug offenses, instead of the potential 15-year mandatory state prison sentence that he was originally facing.
September 8, 2021 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client was falsely accused of committing felony property damage. Case was dismissed on the day of trial in the Chicopee District Court.
July 30, 2021 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. Our Client was facing enhanced penalties for drug and weapons offenses, including charges of carrying a firearm with two prior serious drug crimes or violent crimes in Hampden County Superior Court. This charge exposed him to a ten year minimum-mandatory state prison sentence, if convicted. We filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence and the Court agreed that the police illegally searched our Client’s cell phone without a warrant back at the police station after our Client’s arrest. Without the cell-phone evidence against our Client, the government’s case was crippled and all charges were dismissed against our Client.
June 18, 2021 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client was driving his car and alleged to have in his possession in the backseat a mini-draco AK47 firearm. A motion to dismiss was filed in the Springfield District Court and without argument the government agreed to dismiss all charges against our client.
June 17, 2021 - CHARGE OF ARMED ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER DISMISSED. Our Client was accused of opening-fire on a man in Holyoke which resulted in bullet wounds to the alleged victim. The lead felony count was dismissed in the Hampden County Superior Court and our Client pled to lesser charges, only receiving an 18 month jail sentence despite the fact that the government was originally seeking a ten year state prison sentence.
May 26, 2021 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts after a jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court. Our Client was falsely accused of armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. After successful cross-examination of the alleged victim by Attorney Horgan, the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty on both counts of the indictment.
May 14, 2021 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Client discharged from a twelve-count indictment in the Hampden County Superior Court, including charges of kidnapping while armed with a firearm, home invasion, trafficking in cocaine over 200 grams and possession of a loaded firearm.
April 23, 2019 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. Our Client was accused of sexually abusing his stepchild and indicted for serious felonies in the Hampden County Superior Court. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on three counts, including rape of a child, assault to rape a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years old.
February 13, 2018 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. We filed a motion to suppress illegally seized evidence in the Hampden County Superior Court. The judge agreed that the police illegally searched our Client’s car and therefore the two firearms recovered by police were suppressed from evidence and charges were dismissed.
February 6, 2018 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts, including Attempted Murder. In a stabbing case in the Hampden County Superior Court, the jury agreed that our client lawfully stabbed the alleged victim multiple times in self-defense.
January 11, 2018 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS ALLOWED. Our Client was charged with carrying a firearm in the Springfield District Court and facing a mandatory-minimum jail sentence of 18 months. We filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence and the Court agreed that the police had no lawful grounds to exit our client from the car and search his person. As result, the firearm was suppressed. All charges dismissed and client did not receive the mandatory-minimum jail sentence of 18 months.
September 8, 2017 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. In the Hampden County Superior Court, our Client faced drug charges including possession of heroin with the intent to distribute, possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. After filing a Motion to Dismiss with the Court, the government dismissed all charges against our Client.
April 5, 2017 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. Our Client was facing firearms charges in the Hampden County Superior Court, including three counts of Possession of Loaded Firearm/Sawed-Off Shotgun and one count of Carrying a Firearm without an FID Card. We filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence and the Court agreed with us that the firearms were found by the police because of an unconstitutional/illegal search. All firearms were suppressed from evidence and all charges were dismissed.
November 10, 2016 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on felony allegation of unarmed robbery on a person over 60 years old in the Hampden County Superior Court. Successful cross-examination of a “snitch” witness cast doubt on the identification of our Client and the jury acquitted.
May 19, 2016 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. Our Client was facing charges of two counts of Armed Assault in a Dwelling, one count of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (knife), and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. After a jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court, our Client was found not guilty of all charges.
April 8, 2016 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. Our Client was falsely accused of two counts of statutory rape and after jury deliberations in the Hampden County Superior Court, the jury acquitted on both counts.
January 6, 2016- NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. In a jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court, the jury acquitted our Client of Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Armed Robbery, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Witness Intimidation.
August 12, 2015 - REQUIRED FINDING OF NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. Our Client was accused of committing a Home Invasion and Masked-Armed-Robbery at a known drug house. At a jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court, our Client was found not guilty as a matter of law on seven counts of Home Invasion, two counts of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and a single count of Masked-Armed-Robbery. This required finding of not guilty protected our Client from facing the 20 year, mandatory state prison sentence that potentially flows from a conviction for Home Invasion.
July 10, 2015 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client was facing charges of kidnapping, strangulation, assault and battery, possession of heroin and attempt to commit a crime. The case was prepared for trial and all charges were dismissed on the day of trial in the Hampden County Superior Court.
September 24, 2014 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. Our Client was facing charges for failing to register as a sex offender, subsequent offense. A conviction would have resulted in a mandatory prison sentence of at least five years but our Client was found not guilty at a trial before a Judge in the Hampden County Superior Court.
August 26, 2014 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. Our Client was facing a minimum-mandatory prison sentence of 3.5 years to state prison for a charge of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, subsequent offense in Hampden County Superior Court. The Judge agreed with us that the police performed an illegal search of our Client’s car and the cocaine that was found in his car was suppressed from evidence. Case dismissed.
July 29, 2014 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. Our Client was facing charges of cocaine trafficking over 200 grams in Hampden County Superior Court. The Judge agreed with us that the police illegally searched our client’s car and over 1,000 bags of crack-cocaine were suppressed from evidence. All charges dismissed.
April 30, 2014 - ALL CHARGES DISMISSED. Our Client was facing a single charge of Assault and Battery with a Dangers Weapon (Knife) for allegedly stabbing his daughter’s abusive boyfriend. The case was prepared for trial in the Hampden County Superior Court and dismissed on the day of trial.
April 4, 2014 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS CONFESSION ALLOWED. Our Client was accused of being the get-away driver in a masked armed robbery in a case in the Hampden County Superior Court. The government’s best evidence linking our Client to the alleged crime was a confession obtained during a police interrogation. The Judge agreed that the statement made to police was not given voluntarily due to the deception used by police during the Client’s interview. The statement was thrown out of evidence and the case was dismissed.
April 12, 2013 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON HABITUAL OFFENDER INDICTMENT at jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court. Our Client was alleged to have possessed heroin with the intent to distribute as a subsequent offender and a habitual offender. Under the Massachusetts Habitual Offender Law, our Client was facing a mandatory, day-for-day sentence of 15 years in state prison. We turned down a plea offer of three years to state prison, went to trial and got a verdict of not guilty, thus securing our client’s freedom from a large mandatory prison sentence.
April, 2013 - REQUIRED FINDING OF NOT GUILTY on lead felony charges of kidnapping and assault and battery by means of dangerous weapon at jury trial in the Hampden County Superior Court. Client pled to lesser misdemeanor charge, received probation and walked out of Court after trial.
March 13, 2013 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON FIVE CASES ALL JOINED FOR ONE TRIAL. Our Client had five separate cases in Springfield District Court, all charging violations of restraining order violations against his ex-wife. The jury did not credit the allege victim’s testimony and our Client received not guilty jury verdicts on all five cases which were strategically joined in one trial.
October 3, 2012 - NOT GUILTY ON VERDICT on all counts. In the Springfield District Court, our client was found not guilty by a jury of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (machete) and Threat to Commit a Crime.
August 30, 2012 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT. Our Client was found not guilty by a jury in the Springfield District Court of receiving stolen property valued over $250 dollars.
August 7, 2012 - MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE ALLOWED. In the Hampden County Superior Court, the Judge agreed that the police illegally searched our client’s car, resulting in the exclusion from evidence of heroin that was found by the police during what should have been a routine traffic stop. Case dismissed due to prevailing on the motion to suppress.
April 4, 2012 - NOT GUILTY VERDICT on all counts. Our Client was found not guilty by a jury in the Springfield District Court of two counts of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.