Representative Cases

 

These are just a small sample of cases managed previously, and does not depict every successful resolution of every criminal case handled in the past by Carl or The Law Offices of Carl David Ceder, PLLC. Every case by nature is completely different and these in no way serve as a predictor or a guarantee of a future result.

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Cause Number

Facts of Case

Outcome

Favorable Result?

 

Cause No:

0765042

 

Client performed very poorly on SFST's. Arresting Officer found empty Tehuaca bottle in cab of truck. Client arrested for DWI.

 

NOT GUILTY

 

Yes

Cause No:

192517

Client peformed poorly on Walk and Turn test. Failed One-Leg Stand test. Failed Portable Breathlyzer Test (PBT). Client arrest for DWI.

Breath Test Result at police station: .14

 

NOT GUILTY

 

Yes

Cause No:

D1DC07302760

2nd degree Sexual Assault Trial. State's reccommendation before trial is 10 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC).

Client received 8 years probation with NO jail time as a condition of probation Yes

Cause No:

08066912

Client's 3rd DWI Arrest. Arresting Officer had arrested client on 1st DWI arrest and conviction (used another lawyer and received conviction). Refused Walk and Turn and One-Leg Stand tests, Arresting Officer testified as DRE and stated he saw 6 clues of 6 on HGN, including vertical nystagmus.

NOT GUILTY

Yes

Cause No:

0748773

Client's 2nd DWI arrest. Failed all field sobriety tests. Client was going in military and would have gotten fired as a result of conviction. Case settled halfway through the cross-examination of arresting officer.

DWI DISMISSED and reduced to Reckless Driving after cross-examination of Arresting Officer at Trial

Yes

Cause No:

08983K368

Client charged with 3rd degree Felony DWI with child passenger, enhanced as a result of a deadly weapon finding. Felony charge DISMISSED and reduced to Class B misdemeanor Yes

Cause No: 

D1DC08205404

Client charged with 3rd degree Felony Attempted Escape. Felony charge DISMISSED and reduced to Class A misdemeanor Escape Yes

Cause No:

D1DC09201020

Client's 3rd DWI arrest. Currently on probation when arrest made. Charged with a Felony DWI. Felony charge DISMISSED and reduced to Class A misdemeanor charge Yes

Cause No: 

D1DC08907639

Client's 4th DWI arrest. Had done 5 years in the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) for her 3rd DWI Arrest. The day of trial we announced ready, the State offered to DISMISSED felony charge and reduce to a Class A misdemeanor Yes

Cause No:

08030553

Client was underage at time of DWI arrest and admitted to drinking. Was shooting road signs with a shotgun just before being pulled over. Performed very poorly on One-Leg Stand Test.

 

NOT GUILTY

 

Yes

Cause No: 

09074201

Client was going from one convenient store to another because he "couldn't find his brand of beer." Administrative License Hearing (ALR) conducted. Case dismissed on the merits.

DISMISSED

Yes

Cause No:

09013205

Client charged with DUI. Standard for DUI in Texas is basically whether the minor had been drinking. Passenger was clearly intoxicated and had thrown up in vehicle. Officer remarks several times on video he can smell odor of alcohol on breath of underage driver.

 

NOT GUILTY

 

Yes

Cause No: 

225221

Client's 2nd DWI arrest. Client charged with DWI with child passenger under 15 years of age, a state jail felony. Client has two open containers in the vehicle, including an 18-pack of beer in an ice cooler.

NOT GUILTY

Yes

Cause No:

09030483

Client arrested for DWI after admitting to drinking 2 beers. Performs takes 27 steps on Walk and Turn Test, and is unable to perform the One-Leg Stand Test. NOT GUILTY Yes

Cause No: 

09216089

Client arrested for DWI as a result of a "No Refusal" weekend and forced to give a blood specimen. Client's blood result was tested at a level of.14. Pre-trial hearing held where the judge ruled the stop by the police officer was not valid. All of the evidence subsequent to the stop was DISMISSED.

Blood Test Result: .14

DISMISSED Yes

Cause No:

1062907

Client was arrested for shoplifting at an Urban Outfitters stealing merchandise totaling $150. DISMISSED Yes

Cause Numbers:

1035806

1033891

Client had approximately 40 Felony and Misdemeanor arrests on record. Client was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Burglary of a Building. The original recommendation from the state was for 5 years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). Client ultimately pled to 180 days in jail and was released from jail almost immediately having already served the requisite amount of time. RELEASED Yes

Cause No:

10081933

Docket No:

20110200134

Client was arrested for DWI after being followed and observed swerving in multiple lanes. Client refused all field sobriety tests. Client's speech was clearly confused and disoriented. DWI charge DISMISSED on first court setting.  Client has a professional pilot's license and risked losing his ability to fly a plane. Additionally, Client's Administrative License Revocation (ALR) Hearing won on the merits resulting in no license suspension. DISMISSED Yes

Cause No: 

10069762

Client was arrested after consenting to a search of his vehicle and admitting to the possession of marijuana. DISMISSED Yes

Cause No: 

10218451

Client was arrested and charged with DWI.  Client was a public official and was facing the possibility of losing his professional license as a result of a conviction.  Case DISMISSED without client having to attend even one court setting. DISMISSED Yes

Cause No. 

11200246

Client was arrested for a DWI charge and blew a .17 breath test.  Client was in the military and a conviction would have resulted in the loss of his security clearance. DISMISSED Yes