Representative Cases

California Defense Attorney Philip S. Barnett

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

DUI - DMV Administrative Per Se Hearing (Anonymous cases) License not suspended

DMV LICENSE SUSPENSION MEDICAL (Sbragia) License reinstated

PETTY THEFT (Anonymous) Clients granted mental health diversion - upon completion of diversion the case will be dismissed with no conviction

THREE STRIKES (Purvis) Dismissed at time motion to suppress evidence was to be heard

VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER (Ketley) Case dismissed

ROBBERY (Anonymous) Factual finding of innocence - arrest record sealed

BURGLARY (Brendan) I took over as defendant's attorney after he had been sent to state prison for a diagnostic report which recommended that he be sentenced to state prison - He was thereafter sentenced to probation and a residential drug treatment program

DOUBLE MURDER (Forrester) Jury trial. Client charged with double murder and robbery, facing life in prison without possibility of parole. In the trial two former co-defendants testified against my client however the jury did not believe them. My client was found not guilty of all charges and walked out of jail a free man

MURDER (Newsome) Jury trial - Client charged with 1st degree murder. Facing life in prison. In trial found not guilty by jury of murder and voluntary manslaughter. Client then accepted plea bargain of no contest to misdemeanor carrying a guy in city limits and received credit for time served and was released from jail

RESISTING ARREST AND BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER (Morgan) Case dismissed on trial day

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Anonymous) Cases dismissed on day of trial

UNDER INFLUENCE METHAMPHETAMINE (Moser) Jury trial – Hung jury – Thereafter DA dismissed case

UNDER INFLUENCE & RESISTING ARREST (Shipman) Reduced to disturbing the peace with small fine

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (Chuck) Charged as felony brandishing shotgun. Negotiated to misdemeanor battery on former spouse - probation