United States of America v. B.S.
Temani came into this case, after a colleague needed help with a trial. The client, was a local, criminal defense lawyer, who was charged with selling firearms to his client, who was a convicted felon. The case was interesting to say the least.
United States of America v. E.Y.
E.Y. was setup by a ‘friend,” who was a paid government confidential informant ( more commonly known as a “CI”). E.Y. had no idea that his friend was actually out to set him up. The paid informant had been paid over $200,000 by the government, for setting people up during his time as a paid informant. E.Y. knew none of this.
United States of America v. J.J.
Both the State of Texas and the federal government charged J.J. with the a gun and marijuana charge, arising from a traffic stop in what police considered a high crime area. After J.J. posted bond for the state charges, the federal government charged J.J. for the same offenses. The issue was that at the federal level, J.J. was certainly facing jail time, while his state charges would only result in a slap on the wrist.