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Our Most Notorious Cases State v. Colbert: Successfully defended the client against first degree murder charges and achieved a "not guilty" verdict on the first case in Kansas to successfully contest and refute PCR DNA. Client was accused of having strangled his girlfriend. State v. Shannon: Garnering nationwide media attention for addressing one of the nation's most divisive topics, abortion, the client was charged with the attempted first degree murder of an abortion provider and the attack on his staff. State v. Tillis: Both attorneys, Martin & St. Clair, successfully defended the client accused of defending his home and family against an intruder. Charged with murder, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. State v. Sloan: Defendant was charged with First Degree Premeditated Murder. It was alleged that he took a 4 1/2 foot long galvanized steal fence post and bludgeoned his roommate to death. The State presented DNA evidence and eyewitnesses tying defendant to the crime. The case resulted twice in a hung trial. After the third trial, the jury returned a verdict on a lesser offense. State v. White: Defendant was charged with First Degree Premeditated Murder. It was alleged that the defendant entered a WalMart store and shot his son-n-law at point blank range. Defendant maintained that he was defending is grandson. He claimed that the victim physically and sexually abused his grandson. The case was profiled on Court TV, CourtTV.com and CNN.com, among other media sources. State v. Spell: Client allegedly was burglarizing a home when the homeowner shot his friend and co-defendant. Codefendant was killed by the homeowner and client was charged with felony murder. Jury could not reach a verdict and hung, prosecutors did not refile murder charges. State v. Clemons: Client, who was blind, was charged with having killed h is stepfather by scooping his eyes out with a spoon. Client was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Fidelity v. McNeilus Truck and Manuafacturing: Defendant, McNeilus, was sued in federal court for millions of dollars. Plaintiff sought actual and punitive damages for the injuries and subsequent death of Eric Martin who was crushed while stopped in his pickup truck on a residential street in Manhattan, Kansas, when a concrete-mixer manufactured by defendant rolled onto the pickup while the mixer was executing a right turn. After the defense successfully excluded much of the Plaintiff's expert evidence, the matter was settled for a nominal amount. State v. Whiterock: Client was found not guilty after having been accused of menacing a neighbor with a knife and slashing his tires. State v. Olguin: Client was charged with having committed an act of road rage but was found not guilty by a jury. The State alleged that the client threw a brick at a passing car after the parties had exchanged words. Jury rejected the prosecutions theory. State v. Donesay: Client charged with a capital offense for allegedly having shot and killed a police officer. Client charged with a death penalty offense but was not facing execution as he was 14 years of age at the time of the offense. Case was remanded for retrial by the Kansas Supreme Court after the court found that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct during the first trial. State v. Epps: Police alleged that client had a crack rock in his mouth which he purportedly spit onto the hood of the police car while being arrested for a traffic offense. Jury rejected the two police officers testimony finding the client not guilty of possession of cocaine. |
