Portland Man Charged with Armed Robbery
8/14/2006
Case Type: Armed Robbery
Background:
- Portland, Maine
Defendant was charged with armed robbery and shooting a Portland man in 2006. He was seen by the police leaving the area with two co-defendants only minutes after the shooting.The co-defendants he was with were identified by the victims out of a line up. Although the Defendant denied being involved in the incident to the police; a prosecution witness testified at trial that he confessed to her that he was the shooter.
Result:
The defendant did not testify. The Hallett Law Firm was able to develop an alternative suspect defense and to successfully attack the police officers' investigation as weak and conclusory. The jury agreed and found the Defendant NOT GUILTY
