Licensed professional, charged with
grand larceny, gets deal to have criminal charges dropped
2014
Our client, a licensed professional with a business in New York City, was
arrested for
grand larceny, a class E felony. We defended our client at the arraignment and secured
a release without bail and without pretrial monitoring. Any felony conviction
and, possibly, even a misdemeanor conviction could have resulted in a
permanent loss of the license. Our client
contacted us for help. In reviewing the police reports and criminal court complaint,
we discussed possible ways to defend the case at trial but our client
needed a way to get it resolved without a trial if possible. After negotiations
with the district attorney, we successfully obtained an offer that avoided
a felony conviction, avoided a misdemeanor conviction, and avoided
jail and probation as long as our client was willing to plead guilty to a non-criminal
violation.