Burglary & Sex Crime Charges Dismissed for Client of Westchester Criminal Lawyer Robert Schuster

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Oct. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Westchester County criminal defense attorney Robert Schuster litigated multiple felony matters to their conclusion last month, garnering a full dismissal of a felony Burglary in the Second degree charge for a client in Lewisboro / South Salem. In addition to resolving the Burglary charge, Mr. Schuster also succeeded in obtaining the reduction of unrelated class "B" felony sex offenses to a non-sex offender registration misdemeanor charge that carried the sentence of a simple conditional discharge. These cases are illustrative of the classic circumstance in which the defendant is unjustly charged with frightening crimes by a system heavily weighted against him, and where the skills of an experienced and relentlessly thorough criminal defense attorney truly can make a difference in an innocent person's life.

With respect to the sex offender charges, which included a criminal sexual act and forcible sodomy, Mr. Schuster presented very compelling evidence to the Prosecution that the acts were wholly consensual. Despite significant resistance and after making demands pursuant to U.S. v. Brady, which requires the prosecution to turn over exculpatory evidence, it came to light that law enforcement personnel arrived at the exact same post-investigation conclusion; namely that these were consensual acts.

Furthermore, the alleged victim, a scorned girlfriend, waited to report the incident in question until several days had elapsed. In short, the defendant was shown to be overcharged and unjustly accused. He was saved from the prospect of spending years in prison and being forced to live with the social stigma of sex offender act registration.

The charge of Burglary in the 2^nd degree, classified as a violent felony because it involved a residence rather than an unoccupied dwelling, was only levied after the defendant's prints were put through the New York State Identification Number (NYSID) system. As it turned out, the defendant's prints were not the only ones at the scene of that crime, which is now a cold case. Through the determined efforts of former prosecutor Robert Schuster and his team at the Law Offices of Robert Schuster, alibi evidence was presented showing the defendant at a different place at the time of the burglary.

Additional evidence in favor of Mr. Schuster’s client included an illustration that the defendant was an invited guest at the residence at one time, a fact that rendered the presence of his fingerprints at the scene insignificant. The burglary charge alone carried with it a sentence of up to 15 years in State Prison. This charge was completely dismissed and the file sealed. Robert Schuster has a 95% success rate at trial, in addition to a long track record of successful outcomes such as the dismissals he obtained in the recent case in Lewisboro. To learn more about The Law Offices of Robert Schuster, visit them online at www.WestchesterCriminalDefense.com.