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Brooklyn Criminal Defense Case Results

Selected anonymized matters showing how Spahija Law litigates: attack identification, enforce discovery, suppress what the Constitution requires suppressed.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Case summaries are anonymized to protect client confidentiality. Identifying details are altered; the legal issues and outcomes described are accurate.

Trial Results

Retail Theft Trial · Supermarket

Contested Retail Theft Allegations and Split Jury Verdict

Our firm represented an individual accused of attempting to steal merchandise from a large supermarket. Store personnel and law enforcement alleged that the customer tried to leave the store without paying, and prosecutors charged the client with misdemeanor-level theft offenses and related counts.

Split verdict, sentencing exposure materially reduced

Discovery Enforcement Under CPL Article 245

Assault Trial · Kings County

Contesting Stabbing Allegations and Discovery Lapses in an Assault Trial

In a New York felony assault prosecution, our firm represented a client charged with assault in the second degree for allegedly stabbing another individual with a pair of scissors inside a barbershop. Because the client had a prior record, prosecutors also charged criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, along with a misdemeanor third-degree assault count.

Acquitted of assault in the second degree
Order of Protection Matter · Brooklyn Criminal Court

Enforcing Discovery Deadlines in an Order of Protection Case

Our client was charged with aggravated harassment and violation of a full stay-away, no-contact order of protection. These misdemeanor charges had potential long-term consequences to their record and personal life.

Resolved by ACD after discovery violations

Identification Challenges

Order of Protection Matter · Brooklyn Criminal Court

Weak Identification in an Order of Protection Case

Our firm represented a client charged with violating an order of protection obtained by an individual with whom the client had a longstanding, contentious history. The complaining witness and our client knew one another, and there was an ongoing financial dispute in which the complainant owed the client money.

Resolved by ACD, no criminal conviction
Retail Theft · Commercial Store

Challenging Identification in a Retail Theft Investigation

In another matter involving retail-theft allegations at a large commercial store, our firm represented a client accused of acting together with another individual to steal merchandise. The incident occurred months before our client was arrested, and by the time charges were filed, prosecutors were offering a misdemeanor plea that included a three-month jail sentence.

Identification procedure challenged

DWI and Driving Cases

DWI · Refused Breath Test

Challenging a DWI Charge After a Refused Breath Test

Our client was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after a late-night traffic stop. The client declined to submit to a chemical breath test, and prosecutors initially pursued a misdemeanor drunk-driving charge that could have resulted in a permanent criminal record, license consequences, and other significant penalties.

Reduced to a non-criminal traffic infraction
DWI · Idling Vehicle Stop

DWI, Idling Stop, Open Containers and Refusal Resolved Without License Suspension

Our firm represented a driver who was approached by police while sitting in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle. The officer stopped the client based on concerns about engine idling and, during the encounter, reported seeing both open and unopened alcoholic beverage containers inside the car.

Resolved without a license suspension

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