Our client was charged with Bias Crime and Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree, serious charges carrying significant consequences. The accusations stemmed from an alleged incident in which our client supposedly threw objects at a vehicle while making racially charged statements.

Our attorney, Gabriel Walsh, took the case to trial and systematically dismantled the prosecution's evidence through precise and effective cross-examination. First, Mr. Walsh established that the complainant's windshield was already damaged before the alleged incident — meaning our client could not be held responsible for pre-existing damage. Second, the physical evidence placed the alleged projectile fifteen feet from the vehicle, and the complainant could not affirmatively state that any new damage to his car had actually occurred. Third — and critically — Mr. Walsh established through cross-examination that the complainant had followed our client to confront him, and that the alleged statement was made only after that confrontation began. This sequencing was fatal to the Bias Crime charge.

When the evidence was carefully examined, the prosecution's case unraveled. The court returned Not Guilty verdicts on both charges.