Our client faced a felony charge for violation of a stalking protective order — a serious charge carrying significant consequences - five years of prison. Attorney Tyler Beach secured a dismissal of the charges by identifying a precise and fundamental flaw in the prosecution's case.

The alleged violation consisted of a message our client sent to the protected party. In that message, our client stated that he was leaving the state and that she would never see him again. The prosecution characterized this as a criminal violation of the protective order.

Mr. Beach focused his argument on a critical element of the law: to sustain a stalking charge, the accused's conduct must cause a reasonable apprehension in the victim. Tyler Beach argued that a message announcing the sender's permanent departure from the victim's life could not, by any reasonable standard, produce that response. If anything, such a message communicates the opposite of a threat.

The court agreed, and the felony charge was dismissed.

This case illustrates that even serious felony charges can have critical legal vulnerabilities. Mr. Beach's ability to identify and argue that precise legal issue made all the difference.