dismissed the case against me

I would like describe my experience with the legal system and tell you how Dan Koukol helped me. 

One Sunday afternoon, my wife and I were watching TV in our home when a police officer knocked on the door and told me he had a warrant for my arrest and then took me to jail. I am 48 years old, and have no prior record whatsoever, I am happily married, with children and I have a very good job with several people depending on me at work.

As soon as I was arrested my wife looked for an attorney and found Dan Koukol. She hired Dan after talking with him. He was able to get started on my case very quickly because he was with me on my first court appearance – which was the same day my wife hired him. It was extremely important that I get released from custody immediately or I was would lose my job. 

At the time of my arraignment in court I was advised that I was being charged with three felonies (two of which were “strikes”) and I was looking at up to 12 years in prison. 

Dan was able to convince the judge to allow him to present evidence to support his request that I be released from custody at the earliest court date the court could accommodate. The court initially wanted to schedule the bail hearing the following week which would have caused me to lose my job. I could tell right away that Dan was going to help me because he assertively caused the court to reconsider and got me a bail hearing two days later. 

At the bail hearing, Dan had several members of the community come to court as a show of support.  He introduced them one at a time to the Judge. The Probation Department asked the court to keep my bail set at $100,000. At the end of the hearing the judge agreed to release me on my own recognizance, so I was out within a couple of hours and back to work that same day. 

After this, Dan met with me and the alleged victim in the case. After several discussions, meetings and court appearances Dan filed a motion to dismiss the case. He argued that the passage of time between the alleged incident and the date I was brought to court resulted in him being disadvantaged. In other words all the evidence was gone. 

Apparently it was a good motion because the prosecutor actually admitted that they made a mistake in my case and they agreed to dismiss the case against me. 

Dan Koukol gave me such a great defense and I absolutely recommend him to anyone who needs help.

~ D.B.