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Not-Guilty Verdict in Pittsburgh Gun Case

Sometimes, mistakes in a person’s life can still be held against them long after the original incident, but if biased judgments ever lead to criminal accusations or charges, you will need to fervently protect your rights with help from a skilled defense lawyer.

Not long ago, a 22-year-old with some previous run ins with the law got into an argument with his girlfriend and police were called when reports of a gunshot were made. The officers arrived and asked about the shots, which the man denied knowing anything about. During the conversation in the man’s driveway, officers noticed a few bullet shell casings in the backseat of a parked car. They search the vehicle and found a weapon matching the bullets. Due to his past record, they charged the man with some very serious weapon-related crimes, including a person not to possess a firearm and carrying a gun without a license. These offenses put his freedom in grave danger because if convicted, could lead to between 5 and 10 years behind bars.

To build the strongest defense possible, the man hired Pittsburgh criminal defense attorney Matthew Ness. After a motion that questioned the validity of the search based on the car actually belonging to his client’s sister, the case proceeded to trial where attorney Ness passionately argued that the police could not prove the gun, nor the bullets belonged to his client. By illustrating that the car was not his and that police did not fingerprint or otherwise test the evidence they found, the prosecution could not definitively say he ever had possession of the gun, let alone knew that it was in the car. Due to his attorney’s aggressive approach and dedication, the jury quickly returned a not-guilty verdict and the man was finally vindicated.

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.