Our client struck up a relationship with a woman and moved to Madison to live with her. Unfortunately, after several months, things were not working out. On a recent weekend, our client, his girlfriend and some friends attended a festival. He and his girlfriend got into a verbal argument at the festival. When they got home, she told him the relationship was finished and he needed to move out. Several days passed as our client searched for a new place to live. Fed up, the girlfriend called the police and reported that the client had threatened to harm her at the festival several days before. Police arrested our client for disorderly conduct and prosecutors filed charges against him. That same day, his girlfriend petitioned for a domestic abuse injunction. He moved out and immediately contacted Chirafisi & Verhoff. Our lawyers met with the girlfriend prior to the injunction hearing. After our lawyers discussed the situation with her, she agreed to voluntarily dismiss the injunction. Our lawyers then discussed the disorderly conduct charges with the prosecution. Our lawyers told the prosecutor that if the case went to trial, we would argue that the girlfriend’s decision to seek an injunction and call the police was not because she was disturbed by the client’s behavior at the festival. Rather, she was simply using the system as a mechanism to get him out of the residence. After meeting with our lawyers, the prosecutor agreed he could not go forward and dismissed the disorderly conduct charge.
Battery and Disorderly Conduct Charges Declined
The Dane County District Attorney’s Office agreed not to file any charges against a Chirafisi & Verhoff client who was recently arrested by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. The client, who was visiting Madison from Illinois, attended a party at a relative’s home. After the party ended, a person not affiliated with the party entered the home without permission. Our client asked her to leave. The person refused and things turned physical as our client escorted the interloper out of the house. Our client then went to bed thinking the incident was finished. But she was wrong. The interloper, who was intoxicated, called law enforcement and reported that she had been assaulted. The Sheriff’s Department arrived and took her statement but did not question our client who had gone to bed. The Sheriff’s Department returned the next morning, took a statement from our client, and then arrested the her. She then hired the lawyers at Chirafisi & Verhoff. Our lawyers met with prosecutors from the District Attorney’s Office. We provided prosecutors with information about our client, who is a professional with no prior criminal history. Our lawyers provided our client’s version of the events, the criminal history of the reporting parties, as well as information from witnesses our client would call if the case was charged. After discussing the matter, the prosecutor agreed that no charges would be filed.
Disorderly Conduct Dismissed in Dane County
The McFarland Police Department arrested our client after an argument with her husband. Before formal criminal charges were filed, Attorney Verhoff met with the prosecution to present our client’s version of the events. Based on his presentation, the District Attorney agreed not to file a criminal charge against our client. Instead, the District Attorney agreed to file a non-criminal, ordinance violation (the legal equivalent of a traffic citation). Attorney Verhoff then struck a deal in which the government agreed to dismiss the charge once the client provided proof of alcohol treatment. After providing proof of the treatment, the District Attorney filed a stipulation to dismiss the case – meaning she can honestly answer that she has never been convicted of anything related to this arrest.
Drugged Driving, Domestic Violence and OWI/Posession paraphernalia cases all thrown out
DODGE COUNTY: DRUGGED DRIVING CASE DISMISSED
Prosecutors originally charged our client with driving after smoking marijuana. After reviewing the lab reports, our lawyers convinced the prosecution they could not win the case because the client had only metabolites of THC, but no delta-9 THC in his system. Case dismissed prior to trial.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE DISMISSED
Our client was charged in Dane County with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts after breaking into his estranged wife’s home and allegedly assaulting her. One the felony charges and all of the misdemeanor charges were dismissed outright. The client entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on the remaining felony charge, which will be dismissed upon completion of the agreement.
CITY OF REEDSBURG – EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED, OWI CASE AND POSSESSION of DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THROWN OUT
Police stopped our client for failure to properly yield to a pedestrian in a cross walk. As a result of the stop, our client was charged with OWI, PAC and possessing a pot pipe. Police tested our client’s blood, which revealed an alcohol level of 0.187 percent. Our lawyers filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing the officer lacked a basis to stop the client. The judge agreed and threw out all of the evidence against our client, and the case was dismissed.