Investigation Gets 20 YR Prison Sentence Reversed
Houston, TX based Attorney Stanley Schneider represented a defendant charged with gay bashing. The defendant pleaded guilty, asking the court to set punishment. The complainant wanted the most severe penalty the law could provide. The defendant was given a 20 year sentence.
Gradoni Private Investigations Gets Involved
Investigators learned that the complainant was living with one of the other co-defendants. The complainant told investigators that he was high on methamphetamines the night of the incident and he now wanted the 2nd co-defendant’s case to be dismissed.
The judge sentenced the second defendant to probation, giving the same sentence to our defendant, who had been previously incarcerated.
RESULT BASED ON INVESTIGATION: 20 Year Prison Sentence, Reversed
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