State v. C.S.
Bad-facts, fifth-offense in ten years, DUI arrest did not resolve where it was headed, with a prison commitment and gnashing of teeth. Client will complete the Safe Streets First Program, with jail time waivable with good conduct and on a staggered sentence. Devoted participation in aggressive dual-diagnosis treatment saves the day, and the client worked diligently with Mr. Adkins to put his best
State v. J.W.
Client pled guilty to the 3rd Degree DWI charge. Statutory minimums call for a short spell in jail and at least 28 days on house arrest. Mr. Gempeler successfully negotiated a result in which the client received credit for mental health and chemical dependency inpatient treatment in lieu of being order to serve time in jail and house arrest. Further, the client’s treatment was credited so that he
State v. A.V.
Client avoids mandatory minimum jail altogether, gets a car dead-to-rights on forfeiture returned at no cost, and recovers from a life-altering oversight, due to his and Mr. Adkins’ efforts to prepare a powerhouse sentencing argument. Mr. Adkins leveraged facts that don’t rise to the level of a full defense to convince a prosecutor known for hard-headedness to let the Court determine the sanction,
State v. A.S.
Plea to a misdemeanor 4th Degree DWI. Client was facing the statutory minimum sentence of 48 hours in custody and 28 days on house arrest. Instead, the plea agreement called for her to do no additional time in custody or on house arrest. She was placed on one-year probation and only required to complete the Hennepin County 1-day DWI program and pay a fine of $500. This is an incredible result for
State v. H.H.
Client pled to a 4th Degree DWI as a misdemeanor. The case involved an accident, which usually leads prosecutors to take an aggressive approach in plea negotiations. The State started out that way. But, through a careful and thoughtful approach, Mr. Gempeler was able to get the State to see that our client deserved and earned a lenient outcome. What started as a plea to a gross misdemeanor, result
State v. D.L.
Failing to Drive with Due Care guilty plea. The client contacted North Star the night of the incident. After some strategic and lengthy discussions, the client blew .079, which means his license was never revoked because it was below the legal threshold. Still, the State charged him with a DWI because, in theory, he was over the legal limit when he was driving. Despite having never appeared in thi
State v. M.K.
Plea to 3rd Degree DWI. Client’s breath test result was .21. No matter how hard we tried, the City was unwilling to consider a 4th Degree DWI. Still, the team at North Star worked hard to put our client in a position to minimize the consequences that would have come his way without our work. At the end of the day, the client was sentenced to no further jail or community work service, pay a fine, a
State v. B.G.
Client charged with her third DUI, with a test result of .25…and escaped the process with no jail, no home monitoring, no sentence-to-service, no forfeiture, and no other killer probationary obligations. Dedication to recovery made the difference here, along with Mr. Adkins’ sentencing-argument legerdemain. We know how to handle even the most challenging DUI situations, soup to nuts–use us TODA
State v. C.S.
Client successfully avoided ANY jail time on his second DUI, with a reading well over .20. His status as a wounded veteran impressed the judge, and the State did not object to a virtual petty misdemeanor sentence (with probationary terms to ensure good conduct and no repeat offenses for two years) in this instance, thereby avoiding a substantial mandatory minimum jail sentence and other onerous ob
State v. T.S.
Plea to a Failing to Drive with Due Care. The DWI charges were dismissed. The typical result in such a case would have been a Careless Driving conviction. But, Mr. Gempeler and the team at North Star knew that pushing the matter, combined with a thoughtful negotiating strategy, could land our client an even better outcome; one that is rare for DWI cases. This is a fantastic result for a wonderful