Homicide, Robbery Convictions Avoided

Our client was charged with first-degree homicide, second-degree homicide, third-degree murder, robbery, and criminal conspiracy. These are very serious felony charges. If convicted of the first or second-degree homicide charges, our client faced a mandatory life prison sentence without parole. He decided to turn to our criminal defense attorneys in Pittsburgh, PA for help with his case.

We reviewed the facts, which included several defendants involved in the incident that resulted in someone being stabbed. Prosecutors presented two eyewitnesses who identified our client as the person who stabbed the victim. Prosecutors argued that our client should be convicted of first or second-degree homicide.

The case went through three mistrials before a jury finally was able to reach a verdict. Our client was found not guilty of the two homicide and the robbery charges and avoided a mandatory life sentence.

The outcome of an individual case depends on a variety of factors unique to that case. Case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any similar or future case.