Some Of Our Case Results
At The Downey Law Firm, we strive to find the legal and factual issues that can convince a prosecutor to dismiss a case. As our results indicate, as Houston’s top criminal and DWI attorneys, we have successfully convinced prosecutors to dismiss a wide variety of cases and have successfully defended clients in the ultimate legal arena, the jury trial. Of course, every client’s case is different. Please call our office to discuss the possible outcomes we may achieve in your criminal matter.
Arson/habitation Not guilty *Pretrial offer: 10 years in prison
| Charge | Result |
| Bank robbery and solicitation of capital murder | Dismissed. Actual innocence established by evidence discovered by defense. |
| Conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids (federal) | Dismissed |
| Assault | Not guilty |
| Assault / family violence | Not guilty |
| Assault / family violence | Dismissed |
| Aggravated assault | No bill *Defense investigation establishes alibi and total innocence |
| Aggravated assault | No bill: defense provided evidence of self-defense complainant was police officer |
| Aggravated assault | Dismissed |
| Aggravated robbery | Case dismissed on day of trial |
| Aggravated robbery | Case dismissed on day of trial |
| Aggravated robbery (two restaurants) | 10-year deferred adjudication |
| Aggravated robbery | Guilty of lesser offense |
| Robbery | Dismissed *Defense investigation establishes perjury by complaint |
| Aggravated sexual assault | Mistrial |
| Sexual assault | Deferred adjudication |
| Burglary of habitation | Reduced to burglary of building: client given two-year deferred adjudication |
| Burglary of a habitation with intent to commit felony (First degree) | Jury trial result: probation Offer before trial: 12 years in prison |
| Burglary of a habitation Committed while on bond for a separate offense | Deferred adjudication |
| Request for early termination from probation for:
– Assault – Aggravated robbery – Possession of cocaine – Burglary of habitation |
Granted Granted Granted Granted |
| Credit card abuse Motion to quash | Granted: Case dismissed |
| Criminal mischief | Dismissed |
| Deadly conduct / discharging weapon | Dismissed |
| DWI | Not guilty *test result: .12 |
| DWI | Dismissed |
| DWI | Dismissed |
| DWI | Dismissed |
| DWI | Dismissed *client struck police car |
| DWI | Reduced to public intoxication |
| DWI | Reduced to reckless driving |
| Second DWI (committed while on probation for first DWI) | Two-year probation |
| DWI | Dismissed *Involuntary intoxication established. |
| DWI – Third offense | Probation |
| Intoxication manslaughter | No bill |
| Operating a common carrier (international freighter) while intoxicated *Federal offense | Reduced to misdemeanor plus fine |
| Federal banking fraud investigation (Amount in controversy over 1,000,000) | No charges filed |
| False report to a peace officer | Dismissed |
| Failure to register as sex offender | Dismissed |
| Forgery | Two-year deferred adjudication |
| Felon in possession of weapon | Dismissed |
| Felon in possession of weapon | *Federal and state charges dismissed |
| Injury to a child | Reduced to misdemeanor |
| Interference with 911 call | Dismissed |
| Insurance fraud > $100,000 *Federal charge | Probation |
| Investigations by police agencies Against clients of the The Downey Law Firm – Sexual assault of a child – Trademark counterfeiting – Indecent exposure – Murder – Manslaughter / negligent homicide – Fail to stop/give information | Investigations by Police Agencies
No charges filed No charges filed No charges filed No charges filed No charges filed No charges filed |
| Murder | Reduction to lesser offense of deadly conduct |
| Motions To Revoke Probation | |
| MRP / failure to report for 7 years | Dismissed |
| MRP / intoxication assault | Dismissed /probation reinstated |
| MRP / burglary of a building *Client committed three new burglaries | Probation reinstated |
| MRP / failure to pay restitution | Probation reinstated |
| Possession of marijuana: Total weight in excess of 2000 lbs | No bill |
| Possession of marijuana > 5 lbs | Dismissed |
| Possession of cocaine | Dismissed |
| Possession of cocaine | Dismissed |
| Possession of cocaine | Dismissed |
| Possession of codeine First-degree felony | No bill |
| Possession of codeine | Dismissed |
| Possession of codeine | Dismissed |
| Possession of codeine | Dismissed |
| Possession of codeine | Dismissed |
| Possession with intent to deliver Narcotics: first-degree felony | Deferred adjudication /bootcamp |
| Social Security fraud *Federal charge | Probation |
| Theft of $13,000,000 Five years TDC | *Early release granted |
| Theft greater than $100,000 (From Fortune 500 company) *Defense investigation establishes internal inventory system of publicly traded company fundamentally flawed | Dismissed |
| Theft of airplane components valued at over $25,000.00 | Dismissed |
| Theft | Dismissed |
| Used oil act violations | Instructed verdict: not guilty |