Recent Notable Cases Include

• Not guilty verdict in a second degree murder trial in Clark County, WA. The case involved a shooting in self-defense. The verdict came in after 8 days of trial on February 9, 2023
• Dismissal of 3 counts of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the 1st degree, and 1 count of dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the 1st degree in Clark County Superior Court, after all of the state’s evidence was suppressed, on September 14, 2022.
• Not Guilty verdict second degree rape and second degree assault by strangulation with sexual motivation charges in Clark County Superior Court August 10, 2022
• Dismissal of a Camas Municipal Court Fourth Degree Assault charge July 7, 2022
• Dismissal of an unlawful display of weapon charge on October 26, 2021 following our filing of a motion to dismiss for insufficiency of evidence pursuant to CrRLJ 8.3 (c).
• Dismissal of a second degree rape case charged in Clark County Juvenile Court in September 2021
• Dismissal of two counts of child molestation in the first degree, naming two alleged six year old victims, on September 27, 2021. Several pre-trial hearings were held over the course of three years.
• Dismissal of first and second degree child molestation charges in Clark County Superior Court on September 13, 2021. These are Class A Felonies. The case had been pending for many months. It was ultimately dismissed in the interest of justice.
• Dismissal of a Third Degree Rape Charge on a pre-trial motion for insufficiency of evidence on September 3rd, 2021. Case had been pending for two years.
• Dismissal of several Clark County DUI and other criminal traffic related misdemeanor cases.
• Rape in the second degree (domestic violence) and Assault in the second degree (domestic violence) charges dismissed by Clark County Prosecutor’s office in April of 2021 after our investigation proved that the alleged victim and her daughters lied.
• Dismissal of First Degree Rape and First Degree Child Molestation case in Clark County Superior Court in March of 2020
• Reversal by the Court of Appeals of a Vehicular Homicide conviction in 2019
• Not guilty verdict in a second degree date rape case after a two-week trial in Clark County Superior Court June 2017
• Dismissal of rape of a child in the first degree and child molestation in the first degree charges in Clark County Superior Court in March 2017
• Dismissal of a possession of methamphetamine charge in Clark County Superior in February 2017
• Not guilty verdict on attempted rape of a child in the second degree case in the Clark County Superior Court in January 2017
• Not guilty by reason of insanity verdict on a first-degree assault domestic violence charge in Clark County in December 2016
• Dismissal of domestic assault case for Clark County Corrections Officer in Clark County in Nov. 2015
• Not guilty verdict for police officer accused of fourth-degree assault domestic violence in Clark County District Court in Nov. 2014
• Dismissal of attempted first-degree murder case in Clark County Superior Court in June 2014
• Dismissal of a fourth-degree assault domestic violence case in Clark County District Court in June 2014
• Dismissal of a second-degree murder case in Clark County Superior Court in March 2014
• Dismissal of a first-degree armed robbery case in Clark County Superior Court in Jan. 2014
• Dismissal of five counts of child pornography in Clark County Superior Court in Nov. 2013
• Dismissal of a second-degree rape case in Clark County Superior Court in April 2013
• Dismissal of a 10 count child pornography case in Clark County Superior Court in April 2013
• Dismissal of a possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine case in Clark County Superior Court in April 2013
• Dismissal of a case involving a high school band instructor charged with nine counts of sexual misconduct in the first degree in Clark County in April 2011
• Dismissal of a domestic violence assault case in Clark County in March 2011
• Dismissal of an unlawful possession of a firearm case in Clark County in March 2011
• Not guilty verdict on a felony communication with a minor for immoral purposes case in Clark County in Feb. 2011
• Dismissal of a felony methamphetamine possession case in Clark County in Feb. 2011
• Dismissal of a first-degree child molestation case in Clark County in Nov. 2010
• Dismissal of first-degree manslaughter case in Skamania county in May 2010
• Dismissal of a first-degree child molestation case in Skamania County in April 2010

Reported Appellate Case Wins Include:

• State v. Orick, 129 Wn.App. 654, 120 P.3d 87 (2005)
• State v. Boethin, 126 Wn.App. 695, 109 P.3d 461 (2005)
• State v. Barker, 143 Wn.2d 915, 25 P.3d 423 (2001)
• State v. Weisberg, 65 Wn.App. 721, 829 P.2d 252 (1992)
• State v. Morgavi, 58 Wn.App. 733, 794 P.2d 1289 (1990)
• State v. Jones, 55 Wn.App. 343, 777 P.2d 1053 (1989)
• State v. Kelley, 52 Wn.App. 581, 762 P.2d 20 (1988)
• State v. Claflin, 38 Wn.App. 847, 690 P.2d 1186 (1984)
• State v. Acosta, 101 Wn.2d 612, 683 P.2d 1069 (1984)
• State v. Shoemaker, 28 Wn.App. 787, 626, P.2d 538 (1981)
• State v. Ellis, 21 Wn.App. 123, 584 P.2d 428 (1978)