Busbee Law Group Case Wins
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• Drug Crimes • Sex Crimes • Theft & Burglary • Physical Violence • Property Crimes • Domestic Violence • Fraud Crimes
Drug Crimes
Charge: Possession of Marijuana
In a recent drug case, the Busbee Law Group defended a client that was accused of possessing marijuana.
In a desperate attempt to secure an arrest, a police officer coerced a confession by threatening to arrest the defendant’s mother for possession of what the police officer suspected was marijuana. Unfortunately, this substance was not tested to confirm that it was not hemp, which is legal in the state of Georgia per the Georgia Hemp Farming Act. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a “Not Guilty” verdict.
Result: Acquitted
Charge: Possession of Methamphetamine
In this Superior Court Criminal case, our client was charged with possession of methamphetamine that was found in the pocket of a jacket he was wearing. He was also on probation in another state.
The client was facing 3 years in a Georgia prison plus many, many more years in an out-of-state prison for violating his probation.
Result: Charges Dismissed
Charge: Federal Drug Posession
The Busbee Law Group defended a football athlete that broke his arm in high school.
After visiting the doctor, the client was prescribed opiates and became addicted.
Unfortunately, many people that get addicted to prescription opiates eventually end up finding these medications outside the doctor’s office, which happened to this client. In a federal investigation, this client was charged with possession intent to distribute drugs on many counts and was looking at 120 years maximum exposure in state prison. Fortunately, defense attorney Robert Busbee was able to get this client’s multiple drug charges reduced to one charge with time served as the sentence instead of the maximum jail sentence.
Result: Federal Charges Reduced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Drug Charges
Sex Crimes
Charge: Sex Crime Charges
The Busbee Law Group defended a man that was facing four life sentences (without parole) plus 140 years for sex crime charges against his three step daughters. The State’s offer was life with parole.
As the case moved on, the victims got cold feet and attempted to change their story. As a proactive measure for his client, attorney Robert Busbee asked one of the victims to give an interview on camera along with her mother. This valuable interview persuaded the prosecution to substantially reduce the proposed sentence to a ten-year sentence with the eligibility for parole.
Result: Fortunately, this client will be free in just a few years.
Charge: Child Molestation and Sexual Battery
In this Superior Court Criminal case, we represented a defendant charged with Child Molestation and Sexual Battery.
He faced 25 years and life as a registered sex offender.
Result: As a result of our negotiations, he plead to Sexual Battery. The Molestation charge was dismissed. He was allowed to plea as a First Offender, and, after his parole ends on his 5 year sentence in 2024, he will not be a sex offender.
Charge: Rape
Being accused of a sex crime can wreak havoc on your life, especially if you are indeed innocent of the crime.
Attorney Busbee defended a marine recruiter in his 20s that went out on the town to have some fun at a bar in Statesboro one evening. To protect his identity, we will call him Dan.
During the evening this client starts a conversation with a female student from Georgia Southern. To protect her identity, we will refer to her as Jill. As the night progresses, Dan and Jill both indulge in adult beverages and decide to go home together. The next morning, Dan and Jill both wake up around 9 am, but Jill has misplaced her phone. Dan kindly offers Jill his phone to make some phone calls, they talk for a while and then go back to sleep until 1 or 2 pm. Dan is kind enough to drive Jill home and he discusses potentially going out for a second date in the future.
After some time, Jill talks with her friends and decides to file rape charges against Dan.
Dan spends the next 3 years in jail waiting for his trial and then COVID hits, which delays his trial even further. During this 3-year jail period, his request for a bond is denied by the same judge multiple times with no reason.
During the trial, the victim admits that she was highly intoxicated during the night of the alleged rape and that she has blacked out from time to time from heavy drinking in the past. In addition, Jill’s friend also testified at the trial that Jill was flirting and attempted to go home with the bartender before meeting Dan.
During the trial, attorney Busbee explains to the jury that there is a substantial difference between blacking out and passing out from alcohol intoxication.
Alcohol-related blackouts are periods when the human brain has lost its ability to form new memories. Meaning it is almost like the record button stops working in the brain. A person that has blacked out can be fully functional walking, talking, dancing, and flirting, but their memory is not stored in the brain for future reference. Conversely, passing out is when your body becomes fully unconscious and immobile.
At the end of the trial, it took only an hour or two for the jury to deliver a not-guilty verdict.
Result: Found Not Guilty of Rape by Jury
Theft & Burglary
Charge: Armed Robbery and Possession of A Firearm
In this Superior Court Criminal case, the client was charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The incident, which took place at a local gas station, was captured on video.
The maximum sentence was Life in prison plus 5 years.
Result: Using modern technology (below), we determined that the money our client (gray shirt) was accused of stealing was likely his own. The alleged victim (blue shirt) had picked it up in the parking lot seconds after our client dropped it.
Charge: Armed Robbery
The Busbee Law Group defended a 14-year-old that was being accused of armed robbery. Although there were three co-defendants involved in this crime, the 14-year-old was being charged as an adult and looking at life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Fortunately, attorney Robert Busbee jumped in early on in the case to begin an investigation, which uncovered additional evidence that would support the fact that this child should be tried in juvenile court and not as an adult. Attorney Busbee also uncovers the fact that the 14-year-old was not an active participant in the robbery and was heavily under the influence of marijuana during the incident, which would make him incapable of consciously participating in the act of robbery.
Attorney Busbee presents all of this evidence to a judge at a bench trial and this client’s charges are dismissed.
Result: 14-Year-Old Found Not Guilty of Armed Robbery
Charge: Felony Entering Auto
Superior Court Criminal Case. Defendant was charged with felony Entering Auto. Faced 5 years in prison.
Result: Fine and Probation. No prison time. Felony charge reduced to a misdemeanor. Defendant is not a convicted felon, and retains voting rights and right to possess firearms.
Physical Violence
Charge: Aggravated Battery
A prior client that the Busbee Law Group defended was a truck driver, and, unbeknownst to him, his wife was planning a divorce. For about six months before his divorce, while he was on the road, she was going to her doctor and telling him/her that client was abusing her. Then, one day, she calls the cops and has him charged with aggravated battery. While he’s in jail, she divorces him and takes everything.
Nobody believes him, and he takes a plea. When he gets out of prison, he wants to put as much distance between him and his ex-wife as possible. He gets permission from his probation officer to go to South Carolina, and he moves as far north in South Carolina as you can go without being in North Carolina.
Six years ago today, on Valentine’s Day 2017, his ex-wife puts an envelope in her own mailbox with threatening messages, bullet casings, and a Valentine’s card he had given her years earlier. She calls the police and has him arrested.
He’s about 5 hours away, and he drives down to meet with the investigator. The investigator shows him the Valentine’s card and asks if he recognizes it. He says, “yeah, it’s a card I gave my wife x-number years ago.” The investigator asks no further questions and places him under arrest.
When he meets with attorney Busbee, the client says “You’re probably not going to believe me. My former lawyer didn’t believe me. But, I didn’t do this. I was five hours away.” Attorney Busbee agrees to take the case, and the first thing he does is subpoena the accuser’s mail carrier. Attorney Busbee had to move quickly. While Valentine’s Day was still fresh in the mail carrier’s memory, Mr. Busbee asked her to write an affidavit about what she could remember when delivering the mail.
This was crucial. The mail carrier established that the mailbox in question was empty when she came by between 12-1 p.m. The envelope was “discovered” at 4 p.m. That narrowed our window for placement of the envelope in the mailbox from about 24 hours to just 4. Since he was five hours away, we just had to place him in Northern South Carolina after 11 a.m. Luckily, his truck, like many, is monitored by his employer with GPS. He was also entering secured ports that required him to show identification. So, we were able to establish an alibi.
This evidence was presented to the court system by attorney Busbee and the case was dismissed.
Result: Fortunately, this client gained back his freedom and dignity with a case dismissal.
Charge: 9 Felonies
In this Superior Court Criminal case, we represented a man charged with nine felonies, including kidnapping, aggravated assault and false imprisonment, as well as two misdemeanors.
All told, he faced 2 Life Sentences plus 82 years.
Result: At the jury trial, we admitted to the misdemeanors but aggressively fought the felonies.
Property Crimes
Charge: 2nd Degree Criminal Damage to Property
Superior Court Criminal Cases. In one case, the client was indicted and charged with 2nd Degree Criminal Damage to Property; Possession of a firearm during Commission of a Felony; and Reckless Conduct.
In his second case, he was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana and Obstruction of an Officer.
In all, he was facing 16 years in prison.
Result: No prison time. We proved that the client could not have done the damage alleged in the first case, and that he had a prescription for the drugs found in his possession. All charges in both cases were reduced to misdemeanors, except the firearm charge which was dismissed.
Domestic Violence
Charge: Domestic Dispute & Criminal Trespass
State Court Criminal Case. Defendant was charged with Criminal Trespass in relation to a Domestic Dispute.
Result: No jail time; Charges Dismissed pursuant to Pre-Trial Diversion. Criminal Record Restricted.
Fraud Crimes
Charge: Medicare Fraud
In this Federal Court Criminal case, we represented a defendant charged with 10 counts of Medicare Fraud, totaling $23 million billings.
He faced up to 20 years each for counts 1-5 and 5 years each for counts 6-10, plus $Millions in fines and restitution.
Result: As a result of our negotiations, he plead guilty to only count 6. His sentence was 5 years probation with the 1st year on house arrest.
