RESULTS: Client’s Aggravated Assault Sentence Reduced from 13 years to 9 years with an 11.07 Writ Application Jacob Blizzard and Morgan Walker were hired to challenge Client’s sentence. Client was an 18-year-old African refugee at the time of his sentencing. Client had pled guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and allowed the Court…
RESULTS: 2 Cases Dismissed, 1 Deferred Adjudication. Client was charged with 2 cases of organized crime (1st degree felonies), and 1 robbery case (2nd degree felony). Client was a refugee from Democratic Republic of the Congo, (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and formerly known as Zaire) who immigrated to the United States at 12 years old….
RESULTS: Client Receives Pre-trial Diversions in DWI. Client was contacted by police in a traffic stop and arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Client worked in healthcare and was concerned about the adverse consequences of the case on her future in her career. Mr. Blizzard was able to work with the prosecutor’s office and obtain…
RESULTS: Client Receives Pre-trial Diversions in Felony Evading Case and DWI. Client was contacted by police in a traffic stop. Unfortunately, due to Client’s intoxication and unfamiliarity with the police system in the United States. Client, an international student, did not stop his vehicle soon enough and the police ultimately charged him with evading arrest…
RESULTS: Not Guilty – Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and 3 Counts of Sexual Assault of a Child. Mr. Blizzard’s client received a “Not Guilty” verdict after a 3 day jury trial in Abilene, TX on some of the most serious offenses a person can face in Taylor County, Texas. Client was accused by…
RESULTS: Grand Jury Refuses Felony Injury to a Child Charges and Mother Gets Her Children Back. Mr. Blizzard and Mr. Zimmerman represented Client, a young mother, who had been involved in an abusive and controlling relationship. The combination of family law and criminal representation came together for this joint representation client when…
RESULTS: Sexual Assault Trial – Client charges reduced to misdemeanor assault charge at close of trial. Client was charged with the sexual assault of an adult where the issue at trial was consent. Mr. Blizzard defended the case in a six-day-long jury trial. Mr. Blizzard presented significant evidence that the complainant had lied about several…
RESULTS: Two Serious Assault Felonies Dismissed. Client was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (a second-degree felony) and assault family violence impeding breath (a third-degree felony) cases. Client was accused by one woman of assaulting her by choking her and threatening to shoot the other woman and pointing a gun at her. Client…
RESULTS: Criminal Investigation- No Charges Pursued. Client was contacted by law enforcement for an interview into potential criminal conduct for misuse of government records. Criminal Defense Lawyer Jacob Blizzard reached out to the investigator, whom he knew from previous interactions. Mr. Blizzard struck a deal with the investigator for the Client to tell all and…
RESULTS: Client receives 3-year sentence instead of 15–30 years in Sex Crime. Client was charged in US Federal Court for conduct related to the soliciting and receiving of sexually explicit photos of a minor. Through early and proactive involvement with Client initially after arrest, board certified federal criminal defense attorney Jacob Blizzard set Client up…