Congratulations to Kylie Cin on a Bench Trial Win!

Ms. Cin’s client was accused of Contempt of Court for violating the terms of a criminal release agreement.  A release agreement is a document a person signs when they are released from jail on certain conditions.  Ms. Cin’s client had signed a document that said, among other things, that he could not go within 100 feet of a specific location.  Well, he was found within 100 feet of that location.  At trial, Ms. Cin proved that the document was written in English, that her client neither read nor spoke English (he was a Spanish speaker), that the officer who had him sign the document (the officer spoke Spanish) didn’t read the document to Ms. Cin’s client nor even tell Ms. Cin’s client any of the terms of the document at all.  The officer told Ms. Cin’s client to sign here to be released from jail; so, her client followed the instruction.  At trial, the court concluded that there was no proof that Ms. Cin’s client actually knew that he was prohibited from going to that location.  Accordingly, Ms. Cin’s client was found Not Guilty!