Charges
Weapons and narcotics offenses — mandatory minimums 10–25 years
Multiple cases
Attorney: Charles Brown
Outcome
Charges dismissed — evidence suppressed
Across multiple cases, defendants facing mandatory minimum sentences of 10 to 25 years on federal weapons and narcotics charges had their cases dismissed — not at trial, but before trial, through aggressive pretrial motion practice.
The Fourth Amendment governs when and how law enforcement can search a person, their home, or their vehicle. When police or federal agents violate those rules, the evidence they obtain can be suppressed — meaning the government cannot use it at trial. Without that evidence, many cases collapse entirely.
We filed and litigated motions to suppress in each of these cases, attacking the legality of the searches that produced the evidence the government needed to convict. These motions require deep knowledge of Fourth Amendment doctrine, careful factual development, and precise legal argument.
In each case, the court granted the motion to suppress. With the key evidence excluded, the government could not proceed.
The charges were dismissed.
Clients who faced a decade or more in federal prison — with no judicial discretion to go below the mandatory floor — walked away free. This is why pretrial motion practice matters as much as what happens at trial.