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 The Haggard Law Firm

JUSTICE DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN

Carl Haggard’s sterling reputation for integrity makes him one of Harris County’s most-respected criminal defense attorneys.

Clients rely on Carl Haggard’s expertise:

  • Former Harris County District Court Chief Prosecutor
  • Former Harris County Misdemeanor Court Chief Prosecutor
  • Nationally Certified Mediator-Arbitrator -  Triple Certification
  • Nationally-Known Author and Speaker on Civil Rights
  • Washington, DC Speech-Maker on Constitutional Issues
  • Licensed to Practice in the United States Supreme Court
  • Honors Graduate from Law School – Cum Laude
  • Former UH Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Thousands of Cases and Trials Handled

RESULTS ARE WHAT COUNT

The Houston Drug Crimes Defense Attorneys at The Haggard Law Firm are at the forefront of Harris County Criminal Defense Attorneys with a proven track record of winning results for clients charged in Harris and surrounding Texas counties with PCS, Possession with Intent to Deliver, Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Zanax, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Crack Cocaine, Possession of Codeine, Possession of Pills and related drug offenses. 

SAMPLE HARRIS COUNTY DRUG CASE VICTORIES*

*Case Synopses and Testimonials included with some of these cases; clients have given written permission for use of Testimonial.

*Actual Dismissals only are listed, not “Dismissals” granted after  Deferred Adjudication.

*Dismissals and “Not Guilty” verdicts may be verified for accuracy using the listed case numbers through the County Clerk’s office except for those noted as expunged in civil actions filed by Mr. Haggard.

 PCS WITH INTENT TO DELIVER – 300 Gms COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE
Case No. 933323 – Drexel P.
JURY TRIAL VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Our client was accused of possession of a mobile crack lab and 300 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine in the trunk of a parked car, not his, but to which he had the keys and in which were found his personal belongings – briefcase, etc. Our client had a prior drug record. After careful preparation by Mr. Haggard, he testified along with his family, witnesses, and expert witness. The police made several errors in the handling of the case, which Mr. Haggard exploited at trial. Mr. Haggard used his years of trial experience to pick a good jury for this case and proceeded to a skillful handling of the entire trial, especially his cross-examination of police and prosecution witnesses, capped by a compelling final argument.

You made me a believer in your slogan ‘I’ll Fight For You’. Most attorneys tell you what they will do for you. Mr. Haggard, you showed my family & me what you could do. There’s only one true word to describe you, Mr.Haggard. That word is Awesome !!!
~ Drexel P. 

DID YOU KNOW…?

A truly anonymous tip, if corroborated in some meaningful way so as to justify crossing the reasonable suspicion threshold, CAN be relied on. Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000) Thus, a 911 call from a nameless source can carry weight if the call possesses sufficient indicia of reliability.

POSS W/ INTENT TO DELIVER CS 28 – 200 GRMS DIHYDROCODEINONE
ENHANCED DUE TO TWO PRIOR PCS CONVICTIONS – [TDC]
RANGE OF PUNISHMENT 25 YRS TO LIFE
Case No. 1199040 – Lee C.
DISMISSED AT JURY TRIAL
Lee was accused of obtaining prescribed medication [Dihydrocodeinone] and attempting to resell it. The man to whom he was allegedly attempting to resell it to was arrested and pleaded guilty. We fought this case long and hard including a thorough preparation for trial. After going over our defenses with a fine-toothed comb, we chose certain problematic issues with the alleged evidence and the arrest to exploit and obtained a Dismissal on the day of Trial. As we went through the file papers in closing it out, we came across this interesting note passed between Mr. Haggard and Lee [incarcerated on a zero bond]. “Lee, the DA has offered 5 years TDC. What do you want to do? Reply: I want: ________ Lee wrote “Nothing” on the reply line. Nothing was exactly what he got. Family and friends were overjoyed at not losing him for at least 25 years and all weighed in with comments:

Mr. Haggard was patient and very professional.
~Lee C.

You did a wonderful job…he was looking to serve 25 years to life; we are so grateful; may God continue to bless you.
I first thank God, then the lawyer – 25 years to life is a long time..
Mr. Haggard was very thorough and patient and pressed on until the end when he got the case dismissed.
Mr. Haggard did a wonderful job and now my husband is a free man.”
~ Family and Friends of Lee 

 

PCS  – Cocaine & Crack
Cause No. 1244666 – Charles M.
DISMISSED April 1, 2011
Charles was the owner of an extremely successful large event design firm whose company staged events honoring the last three U.S. presidents, whose philanthropic work included Diana’s Foundation, UNICEF and transforming Minute Maid Field into a gigantic wedding chapel for brides whose wedding facilities had been razed by Hurricane Ike and who regularly graced Houston’s top society magazines.  With such a resume, Charles was not your typical drug suspect when stopped in his Hummer in a known narcotics area, visibly trembling at police interrogations.  Powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and a pipe were found both on his person and in his Hummer.  A passenger was arrested for the same thing.  Based on his service to the community we pleaded for leniency and obtained a true Dismissal after he completed some requirements we had negotiated with the DA’s office. 

DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Case No. 873242 – Kyle M.
DISMISSED

POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Case No. 903961 – John P.
DISMISSED

DID YOU KNOW…?If your house and your car are searched under the same search warrant, and drugs are found in both, you can not be charged with two separate offenses.
Fenoglio v. State, S.W.3d, 2008 WL 467415 (Tex. App. No. 2-07-001-CR-Fort Worth, 2008)

PCS – Crack Cocaine  PG 1 < 1 Gm.  State Jail Felony
Cause No. 1327243 – Kelly H.
GRAND JURY NO BILL January 31, 2012
Kelly had been battling a cocaine addiction for the last 10 years but had been sober for the last 5 of those years.  She had a prior TDC drug conviction and an MDCS State Jail conviction as well as other PCS charges.  She relapased after a period of immense stress including the violent death of her teenaged daughter (killed by a boyfriend).  We believe the arresting officer observed the buy and then pulled her over on a bogus traffic violation.  To position ourselves for a favorable hearing to the judge, we advised her to pro-actively enroll in Supportive Outpatient Treatment and participate thoroughly, which she did.  [As an aside, she was greatly helped to learn about co-dependency, about ways to cope with emotional pain other than substance abuse, and to develop a relapse prevention plan.]  We also helped her produce and obtain letters that were not only well-written but put the emphasis where it belonged and showed to greatest advantage the positive strides she had made in recent years (employment, debt clearance, sobriety, etc.) and verifying the strength of her support system.   Although we were prepared for a hearing, our case was ultimately won on the basis of the lack of Probable Cause for the search of the car, as we had argued.   She was stopped on a completely bogus traffic violation.  The reason for her arrest was not the 2 crack rocks found in the center console but the traffic violation.  Thus, the inventory search stemming from this false arrest was illegal and there was no Probable Cause for the search. 

PCS – [Cocaine Residue in Plastic Bag]
Case No. 1177174- James H.
NO-BILLED
James, with one friend in the front seat and his cousin in the back seat, parked at a residence where there was a party. As James and his cousin exited the vehicle, the cousin observed the front passenger pull a bag of cocaine from his pocket and use it. Just at this moment, police pulled alongside of James’ vehicle and asked to search on the questionable grounds there had been “problems in the past with parties in the area”. The friend with the cocaine was asked to exit the vehicle which he did, leaving his bag of residue on James’ seat. All three denied knowledge of the cocaine so James was arrested as being the owner of the vehicle. Police did not swab the user’s nose and further falsely claimed they field tested the residue. Evidence in the form of a cell phone message from the friend admitting he had bought it was problematic as in that recording the friend also stated James had used some. We outlined our defenses and the police errors, thoroughly prepared our witnesses, and agressively got this case before the Grand Jury right away.

PCS – COCAINE PG 1 < 1 Gm State Jail Felony
Case No. 1276490 – Christopher L.
GRAND JURY NO-BILL December 15, 2010
In his initial written statement submitted to us, Christopher wrote, “I know y’all don’t know me but I’m really a good person. I have 5 wonderful children, 3 from a previous marriage and 2 beautiful little girls from my wonderful wife I have now. I pray that we can resolve this without being taken from my family.”  We prayed but also worked very hard to help Chris since he had a prior felony drug conviction and a Federal drug conviction for methamphetamine. This case also involved an investigation by a US DOJ Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force Officer with the DEA Tactical Diversion Squad. At the time he hired HLF, Chris had turned his life around and was working a steady job as a boat mechanic which, due to prior injuries, caused him a great deal of pain. We thoroughly documented for the jury, using his medical records, his need for prescribed medications. We next contested the reason for the stop: The officer lied in the Offense Report that he “could not identify the state on the license plate”. (We easily disproved this with photos.) Both Chris and his passenger were arrested for pills inside plastic bags in a metal vial and a cigarette box: Soma, Oxycodone and Adderall [dextroamphetamine] broken into several pieces. Hurdles exist to be overcome and some of ours were prescriptions for a third party found in the vehicle and the fact that Chris told police they were “in Houston for a doctor’s appt.” – but – there was no appt. since they had “gotten the day wrong”. We prepared Chris on how to best testify to overcome these hurdles and prevailed – despite the fact that the Adderall – an amphetamine – was not documented with a valid Rx and he had a prior Federal amphetamine case.

PCS – COCAINE PG 1 < 1 Gm
Case No. 1280706 – Michael M.
DISMISSED December 2, 2010
Mike and a co-defendant / passenger were sitting inside a parked car at a carwash at 9:00 near Greens Rd. and Wayforest Dr. at 9:00 p.m. when police arrived. Allegedly they had been observed by undercover officers making a hand-to-hand transaction at a nearby gas station, driving to the carwash, and then smoking and passing the pipe. The vehicle was searched and a dirty crack pipe was found. The passenger tried to claim it but both were arrested. Mike ran a successful business and was supporting his family in addition to helping care for two grandchildren after his daughter passed away. Jail would have deprived his relatives of this financial support. Mike was hoping for rehab or probation but we were able to do better, obtaining a Dismissal based on proving up the weight of the cocaine as less than one gram by aggregate weight including adulterants and dilutants – a trace amount and not usable – and through character testimony.

PCS PG 1 4 – 200 Gms
Case No. 1168439 – Ramon Z.
DISMISSED

PCS PG 1 4 – 200 Gms.
Case No. 1168441 – Gregorio R.
DISMISSED

PCS < 1 Gm Barbituate
Case No. 1195799 – Andre D.
DISMISSED
Andre was a college student stopped for a traffic violation. He was immediately cuffed and put in the squad car under threat of being tazed – all without provocation. Three backup cars arrived and his vehicle was searched without consent and without Mirandizing him. A digital scale with residue was found. Andre gives friends rides often and thinks someone left it there. Part of the problem with this case was the obvious profiling of a young black male driving a late-model prestigious sports car with rims. Another problem was the weakness of the links back to our client which the DA’s tried to use to prove possession.

PCS – CRACK COCAINE
Case No. 1056777 – Zandra F.
DISMISSED
Our client was a professional woman concerned about this charge’s effect on her ability to continue in her profession. After being stopped by police for expired tags she gave consent to a search of her vehicle. A 30-minute search yielded nothing but a second officer arrived and, searching again, reportedly found a bag of crack cocaine under the floor mat of the driver’s seat. Using legal maneuvers appropriate to the facts of this case, Mr. Haggard proved our client’s lack of possession, as this term is understood in the law, which allowed her to continue in her career.

PCS – CRACK COCAINE
Case No. 1022970 – Neal N.
DISMISSED WHILE SET FOR MOTIONS
Our client was driving home at 12:30 a.m. after a work-related errand, which we were able to prove by documentation. Police stopped him for driving in the area of a known drug motel; a “police exaggeration”. His truck was searched without cause and crack cocaine was found in it. Our client does not use crack cocaine and tested clean on all of his drug tests. A current T.D.C. inmate was statementized, and admitted to leaving the cocaine in our client’s car just prior to that inmate’s own arrest for drugs. Mr. Haggard filed well-researched and compelling Motions, and the case was dismissed while set for Motions.

PCS – Cocaine
Case No. 814167 – Dean B.
DISMISSED ON BRIEF ON SEARCH WITHOUT WARRANT
Mr. Haggard filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence with an extensive Brief on the pertinent law. Mr. Haggard convinced the prosecutor that the State would lose the Motion to Suppress Evidence as there were no exigent circumstances to support the warrantless search of our client’s mother’s home, where he lived.

When I was charged with marijuana and cocaine I just knew that having two previous felonies I was going back to prison. After talking to many many lawyers the minute I looked Mr. Haggard in the eye I knew he was the lawyer for me – I knew that he does not like to lose. He was ready to go all the way and the court knew it too. Just let him do his job and have faith that you have the best in your corner. With his background he knew what the D.A. was going to do before he even did it. I knew if anyone could do it you could, and you didn’t let me down. P.S. What I found amusing was the way the DA shunned all the lawyers that tried to talk to him. But every time Mr. Haggard talked to him, the DA would put his head in his hands as if to say – I don’t even want to go up against this guy – and listened until Mr. Haggard was through. Mr. Haggard TKO’d him before the first round and the DA knew it. Hire him, you’ll see.
~ Dean B.

PCS AND MOTION TO ADJUDICATE GUILT ON FELONY PROBATION FOR
DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Case No. 1219260 and 915188 – William B.
BOTH CASES DISMISSED
William was charged with possession of pills while on felony probation for a prior delivery of a controlled substance case. Mr. Haggard was able to get the PCS case dismissed and then to have the Motion to Adjudicate Guilt dismissed thus saving his prior probation and preventing a new PCS charge from being on his record.

PCS – COCAINE
Case No. 1004802 – Cash L.
DISMISSED
Cash was stopped and searched as being “obviously high”, according to police claims but this was disputed. Further, although cocaine was found inside the truck our client was driving, the vehicle did not belong to him. Mr. Haggard won a Dismissal using witness testimony and his expertise in drug cases.

PCS – COCAINE – 10 oz.
Case No. 763444 – Trenell W.
DISMISSED DAY OF JURY TRIAL
Trenell was stopped while driving his vehicle and searched. He was a high school student with a promising athletic career which would have been ruined had Mr. Haggard not obtained a Dismissal.

Mr. Haggard is a wonderful attorney who helped me through a difficult time in my life – when I was facing a lot of jail time for [a crime] I had nothing to do with. Without Mr. Haggard and his thorough investigation, who knows where I’d be.
~ Trenell W.

PCS – Cocaine
Case No. 1191027 – Omar I.
Omar was a college student on probation for a prior PCS charge when the addiction won out over his best resolves and began using cocaine again for which he was arrested a second time.

 

Mr. Haggard is extremely knowledgeable and well-respected within the legal community. We were extremely pleased with his service. He kept us on task and explained all of our options very clearly. We believe that because of his rapport and expertise he was able to get the best outcome for me. I was very blessed to have him as my attorney. He really cares. I highly recommend him to anyone needing legal help.
~ Omar I.

PCS
Case No. 935668 – Debbie R.
DISMISSED

PCS
Case No. 927762 – Roberto L.
DISMISSED

PCS
Case No. 868953 – Reyon O.
DISMISSED

PCS
Case No. 813334 – Blanca A.
DISMISSED

PCS
Case No. 787024 – Ramon E.
DISMISSED

 PCS
Case No. 757650 – Antoine N.
DISMISSED

PCS  PG 3 < 28 Gms – 1 Hydrocodone/Vicodin [Dihydrocodeinone]
Cause No. 1802495 – Hazeez G.
DISMISSED  January 17, 2012

I appreciate the amount of time Mr. Haggard spent helping and listening. He made sure I was prepared before arriving [to court] which made all the more difference and resulted in my case being dismissed. He really does care about you and your life.  With him and his office, you’re not a humber; you are a person and friend. ~ Hazeez G.

PCS  PG 3 < 28 Gms – 2 Vicodin
Cause No. 1742482 – Andrew P.
DISMISSED April 15, 2011
Andrew had several marijuana cases on his record when he was pulled over on a traffic violation.  He was searched incident to being arrested for driving on a suspended license; two vicodin pills were found in a pocket.   His passenger was also searched and arrested for POM.  We produced an old prescription for 90 pills from the previous year; despite the age of the prescription, the passenger’s arrest and Andrew’s own record we prevailed and got our Dismissal. 

PCS – Zanax
Case No. 674389 – Tiffany K..
DISMISSED May 3, 2010
Tiffany had a pending POM case out of Washington Co. when stopped on a bogus traffic violation. Police searched her car and found her prescription Zanax pills inside a prescription bottle with her name on it. Problem? Police and prosecutors tried to make the case on non-matching dosages.

PCS – PG 3 – Zanax
Case No. 1561973 – Andy L.
DISMISSED
Zanax was found inside Andy’s pocket during a search without permission after a routine traffic stop.

PCS – PG 3 – 28 – 200 Gms. – 114 Lorcet Pills
Case No. 1169067- Glenn H.
NO-BILLED BY GRAND JURY
Glenn was stopped at 2:00 pm by an HPD cruiser for no stated reason. Immediately four unmarked cars surrounded him. Without Mirandizing him, police proceeded to interrogate Glenn. [Where had he been, what had he been doing, where was he going, etc.] When he replied, “To a friend’s house”, police laughed and proceeded to ransack his truck without asking permission. Glenn had to go to the ER upon release from the Harris County Jail because police had fractured his right shoulder. The illegal ransacking produced 114 Lorcet pills inside an old prescription bottle the decal of which had peeled off. A passenger was questioned but released. Using the multitude of problems with the case [lack of probable cause, problems with the illegal search and police questioning], coupled with an intensive barrage of medical documentation, Mr. Haggard aggressively got the case before the Grand Jury, thoroughly preparing Glenn to testify. Despite Glenn’s prior drug conviction, the Jury brought back a No-Bill.

PCS – PG 3 – 28 – 200 Gms. – Zanax
Case No. 1184812- Donald H.
DISMISSED
Don had been out of TDC for one year after a prior MDCS conviction when he was stopped for curfew violation. A police search without probable cause yielded a large quantity of Zanax pills in a plastic bag inside the console. Witness testimony regarding the pills helped us get this bad search dismissed.

PCS
Case No. 200106108 – Elias V.
DISMISSED ON MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
Our client was arrested in a “sweep” of a restaurant parking lot where drug activity was allegedly being conducted. The primary arresting officer, under a grueling cross-examination by Mr. Haggard, blurted out under pressure that he had intended to “search every car in that parking lot”, which of course exceeded his lawful and constitutional authority. The Judge granted Mr. Haggard’s Motion to Suppress and we won the Dismissal.

MDCS – Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance [Heroin] PG I 4-200 Gms.
Case No. 1325980 – Danny S.
GRAND JURY NO BILL  January 31, 2012
Danny was an ex-con with a long criminal history accused of delivering heroin.  He was in custody for several weeks on a zero bond which we fought before finally obtaining a $200,000 bond.  His family was grateful to be able to bond him out since he had terminal liver cancer and was on the liver transplant list.  We exploited his extreme disability and documented by extensive medical records and testimony that his days were too filled with cancer treatments to engage in illegal drug trafficking.  We argued that Danny’s motivation was “strong as death” to not jeopardize the transplant he needed by risking incarceration but that even if he wanted to he couldn’t have stood up to the rigors of such a lifestyle.  We backed up this defensive theory using banking and other incontrovertible proof of his affluent financial situation making it further not credible that he would resort to drug trafficking.  (He was so weak we had to obtain a Court Order for the jail to see to his medical needs.)  Next we attacked the alleged delivery.  We carefully reconstructed for the Grand Jury the setup the co-defendant employed to “use” Danny, entirely unaware of it, to make it appear to the buyer [undercover narcotics officer] he was purchasing from Danny the exact quantity of heroin he was then going to turn around and sell to the buyer/undercover.  Danny thought he went to the scene to transact the sale of a car and that the money the co-defendant gave him was the deposit on that sale.  (We carefully documented this as having been the plan and the car’s actually being for sale.)  The co-defendant had more heroin in his possession than he was planning on selling to the buyer.  But he was afraid of being robbed of his surplus and so staged the “delivery” by Danny in clever words with double meanings, as we showed, allowing two entirely different interpretations.   An Affidavit we obtained from the co-defendant while in jail after having pleaded confirmed certain elements of his setup including the cash transaction for the sale of Danny’s SUV.   We also argued the improbabilities of the situation - the big dealer [allegedly Danny] rarely shows up at a street transaction, and the two defendants had been separated from the moment of their arrest with no time to “get a story together”.  Although Danny had not been charged with Possession but only Delivery we also argued as a point in his favor that at no time was he observed by the undercover with any narcotics in his possession.  This case was long on extenuating circumstances and short on hard evidence all of which we exploited and argued to the full for a Grand Jury No Bill and a new lease on life for Danny.

“Mr. Haggard worked extremely hard on my three serious cases which also involved some relatives who were also charged but we had to have separate lawyers.  I have a record and I have seen many lawyers.  He’s by far the best lawyer I have ever seen.”  ~ Danny E.

FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA [POM] 4 OZ. – 5 LBS.
Case No. 1168440 – Gregorio R.
DISMISSED
Ramon and Gregorio were co-defendants whose cousin hired Mr. Haggard to represent them both, as there was no conflict of interest. An HPD Sergeant on patrol observed suspicious actions in front of their house. While investigating further he heard window glass shattering from the inside. Knowing an elderly woman to be inside he obtained permission to enter and observed illegal drugs in the house. He returned with a search warrant and arrested our clients. Despite the legality of the search and seizure, Mr. Haggard proved there was insufficient evidence and a lack of the necessary affirmative links to our clients.

I hired Mr. Haggard to defend two of my relatives charged with serious felonies. They were looking at a lot of time. I thank God for putting him in my path. I ask God and Saint Jude to protect and bless him.
~ Jose R.

FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA [POM] 4 OZ. – 5 LBS.
Case No. 1168438 – Ramon Z.
DISMISSED

My faith had been lost in the justice system.  Thanks to Mr. Haggard’s hard work and determination in fighting against CPS, law enforcement and many odds, we won.  His Motion to Suppress was superb.  After many court appearances and hours of hard work and several Motion settings he convinced the judge that here was no Probable Cause for police to invade my home.  And he convinced them that someone had been lying about my smoking marijuana.  I was so thankful to Mr. Haggard for his hard work and faith in me that I had been telling the truth when others did not believe me.  I can’t express my gratitude.  I searched through the flyers that had come to me after my unlawful arrest and Mr. Haggard’s profile stood out.  Working with him and seeing his professionalism and determination validated what I had read.  I would highly recommend Mr. Haggard to anyone needing a defense.  Thank you again Mr. Haggard.  Nothing else could be a better gift than being cleared after such an ordeal. ~Juanita L.

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1684668 – Kevin H.
DISMISSED July 28, 2010
When Kevin was younger he had a serious motorcycle accident which caused him to lose his baseball scholarship to UT. Very depressed and on pain medication, he also became addicted to marihuana. This preacher’s son stopped attending church and started running with the wrong crowd until he was arrested for POM. He overcame his addiction and went on to become the superintendent of a large construction company, requiring that he frequently fly out of state. Old addictions die hard and he recently fell off the wagon and started using again after having too much to drink at a party. Soon after, as he was walking through the metal detectors at Hobby Airport, a baggie of marihuana fell to the ground. Afraid of a conviction and losing his hard-earned position with his company, he retained The Haggard Law Firm to help. We advised him of what he needed to do and we on our part advocated his case to the Court and were able to obtain a Dismissal and save his job.

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1537074 – Randall C.
DISMISSED
After stopped for failing to make a complete stop at a stop sign, Randall’s car was searched by HPD police who found marihuana and a pipe in the center console. Although a clean record does not always help obtain a Dismissal, in this instance Randall’s prior clean record was one of the factors in the case which helped Mr. Haggard win the Dismissal.

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1413173 – Kevan S.
DISMISSED
Kevan was a college student who was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding after leaving a club. The vehicle was searched without permission. Marihuana and codeine were found. Both our client and the driver were arrested. Mr. Haggard filed Motions to obtain the video of the arrest scene. This video and other exculpatory evidence which Mr. Haggard discovered and presented enabled him to prove sufficiently that our client was not aware of the presence of illegal drugs in the vehicle.

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1348435 – Carlon C.
DISMISSED
There were several problems with this case including problems with the stop and the search, one of which was that Carlon did not give his consent to the search of his vehicle. Although Marihuana was found under a passenger seat, Mr. Haggard was able to obtain a Dismissal.

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1146823 – Nickolas B.
DISMISSED

I was on parole and caught three additional misdemeanor cases. When I lost all hope and thought all cards were against me, Mr. Haggard was by my side fighting for my freedom. He was my Wild Card!  ~ Nickolas B.

POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUG
Case No. 1785076 – Brandon L.
DISMISSED BY OUR FIRST COURT APPEARANCE  Oct. 11, 2011
Brandon had only been off a POM probation for several months when investigated without probable cause for a second possible marijuana possession.  There were several problems with the investigation, search and facts of the case all of which we exploited for an early Dismissal:  Police were alerted to defendant’s alleged suspicious activity in a mall parking lot on an anonymous tip; he was questioned and taken without sufficient evidence from inside the mall to his vehicle for an illegal search based on no probable cause and no permission granted; his rights were not read.  Pain medication was found inside his vehicle with another person’s name on the bottle.  We obtained an Affidavit from the owner of the medication and argued our various defenses for a quick Dismissal on the grounds that the State was “unable to prove unlawful possession.”   

Carl Haggard fought for me and got my case dismissed on the first court date.  He handled the case very professionally, along with making my family and me comfortable.  Prior to going to court he advised me of everything to get that I would need to help him get the quick Dismissal.  ~ Brandon L.

Below are a few case wins chosen from earlier years without case synopses or testimonials proving we have consistently over time obtained excellent outcomes in many of our clients’ drug cases to the present.

POM
Case No. 1246649 – Mark H.
DISMISSED BY FIRST COURT APPEARANCE

POM
Case No. 1215191 – Quincy J.
DISMISSED

POM
Case No. 1077489 – Erik S.
DISMISSED

POM
Case No. 1052664 – Bill B.
DISMISSED

POM
Case No. 9834397 – Thomas K.
DISMISSED

FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA [POM] 4 OZ TO 5 LBS
Case No. 878173 – Abel V.
DISMISSED

FELONY POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA [POM] 5 TO 50 LBS
Case No. 877473 – Ruben R.
DISMISSED

MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA
Case No. 1776023 – Juanita L.
DISMISSED on MOTION TO SUPPRESS for LACK OF PROBABLE CAUSE
WARRANTLESS SEARCH by CPS & POLICE in VIOLATION of 4TH AMENDMENT
IN CPS & POLICE HOME INVASION  December 7, 2011
This was a CPS/police home invasion case.  Juanita had prior drug-related convictions including a POM case as recently as 2010.  She arrived home in Dec. 2011 to find CPS and police near the end of a five-hour search on a baseless “tip” that cocaine and marijuana were being sold out of her house.  They had been admitted to the home without probable cause or any warrant and then proceeded to bully and coerce her into making alleged statements [the content of which was fabricated] and into signing a ineffective consent to search after the fact.  The coercion centered around the illegal and unconstitutional threats of CPS to remove her children if she did not cooperate.  We argued in Court and in our Motions that removal of children is not justified on the basis of a CPS  “informant” nor can such be the basis of any threat to obtain a search warrant if consent is withheld.  Under this force majeure, she unlocked her bedroom and marijuana was found inside a locked closet.  (It belonged to a friend in prison who was storing his things there.  She had no knowledge it was among his effects but that wasn’t the issue.  It turned rather on the warrantless search, the ineffective consent, and the lack of probable cause in violation of several US and State Amendments.)   CPS ultimately did remove her children on the [false] allegations that Juanita was smoking marijuana around them.  (We easily disproved this by a drug test but CPS had decided to wage a war of harassment on Juanita through the Family Law courts and the children were not returned to their mother until we won the Possession case. )  The DA’s accepted charges based on numerous police lies which we successfully fought in our Motion to Suppress Evidence, Motion to Suppress Statements and Hearings.   We proved her “consent” was neither free nor voluntary as being based on CPS threats & police coercion and as she was never informed she could refuse to sign the consent.  She allegedly gave a statement claiming knowledge of the marijuana but we suppressed this statement -  if it was uttered at all - as having been coerced.  This alleged statement was moreover extracted by police after the search was underway using a coerced and therefore ineffective “consent”.  We argued and demonstrated that her 4th, 5th, 9th and 14th Amendment rights were violated both as to the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Constitution – although the DA’s Dismissal lists only “…violates 4th Amendment.”    That’s fine – a Dismissal is still a Dismissal for one or more reasons!  

FELONY POSSESSION MARIHUANA [POM]
Case No.  1293408  – Danny E.
DISMISSED August 25, 2011
Danny was a known street gang member charged with Felony POM after a second “no- knock” search warrant raid on his house by HPD’s North Narcotics Enforcement Unit. Police dressed in tactical ballistic clothing and a certified narcotics canine found 30 marijuana plants in cuts and stalks and a grow lab in the room of a co-defendant after breaking the window and throwing in an N.F.D.D.  [“flash bang” device].  The no-knock warrant and diversionary device were on account of the mounted cameras at the premises, the violent criminal history of the occupants and their known gang affiliation, narcotics trafficking and weapons possession.  The Affidavit for the Search Warrant was produced based upon the second of two previous investigations during which “grow lab” paraphernalia, cultivation, drying and several disabled vehicles used to store marihuana were observed.  We attacked the Search Warrant in every way legally possible.  The Search Warrant was briefly flashed after forced entry into the home and no copy was left at the premises; we also took issue with the stated locations, states and occupants of the various rooms and windows in and through which contraband was allegedly observed as stated in the warrant.  Scene and inside photographs were used where appropriate.  Two guns were found in the house, one of which Danny used and exhibited while fleeing from the scene.  Danny and his brother were arrested on the felony POM case and Danny was additionally charged with Felon in Possession of a Weapon based on his prior felony conviction for Possession of Body Armor.  [We also got this Weapon charge dismissed.]   All three cases were hotly contested by us.  Numerous Pre-Trial Motions and medical records with Affidavit, where appropriate, were filed on all three cases.  (Danny was also charged with a third case of Aggravated Robbery while picked out of a live lineup on a two-year-old case while in custody.) 



 


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