Cases

Government Concedes Error in Contested Criminal Appeal
When the criminal justice system is working the way it is designed to work, the police arrest citizens only when they have articulable probable cause...
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Persistence, Research, and Thinking Outside the Box Lead to Termination of Sex Offender Probation
The Case Background For JS, the first trial ended in a mistrial. The second trial resulted in a conviction, which was reversed and remanded on...
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Energy Cannot, But Injunctions Can
Although the First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can...
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Case Dismissed: Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., Wins Cyberstalking Case After Three-Day Trial
In a recent courtroom triumph, Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., &...
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Kirschner Wins a Second Dismissal of a Violation of Probation Felony Warrant (Against the Same Client)!
Regular readers of this forum may recall the Violation of Probation proceeding against client “K.C.” which went to a vigorously litigated trial on last month.  ...
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Attorney Kirschner Wins Dismissal of Violation Warrant Following Hotly- Litigated Trial!!!
On Friday, December 20, 2024 the Violation of Probation charge against Jonathan “Jay” Kirschner’s client was dismissed at the conclusion of a vigorously contested trial...
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Kirschner Persuades Court to Reject Government’s Twelve (12) Year Prison Sentence Recommendation in Favor of Six (6) Months in the County Jail Followed by Probation.”
What might be the right defense strategy against criminal charges depends on the facts, circumstances, and evidence. While some cases are best litigated at jury...
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Kirschner & Associates Win Not Guitly Verdict at Firearm Possession Trial
A charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felony can be difficult to defend and may result in a 15-year prison sentence in...
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Kirschner Wins Acquittal of Escape Charge
Escape and attempted escape charges in Florida are serious felony...
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Stand Your Ground Immunity Defense Wins the Dismissal of Charges
Florida's stand-your-ground law provides important protections for people who are...
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Kirschner & Associates Win a Dismissal of Domestic Violence Injunction
In Florida, people can petition the courts for an injunction for protection based on allegations of domestic, sexual, dating, or repeat violence. If an injunction...
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Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., & Associates Attorneys Win Motion to Suppress DUI
Law enforcement officers in Florida must have a reasonable suspicion that someone might have committed a traffic infraction or crime or probable cause to believe...
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Illegal Injunction Dismissed!
Legal Help from a Saint Lucie Injunction Lawyer On February 20, 2023 the Indian River County Circuit Court dismissed an Injunction issued against KMLCLaw client,...
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Saint Lucie County Man’s Domestic Battery Charge Dismissed
A Saint Lucie County man, T.M., was charged with domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor per Ch. 784.03, Fla. Stat., and punishable by up to one...
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Aggravated Battery of a Pregnant Person Found Not Guilty
A Saint Lucie County man with significant criminal history, A.A,...
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Case Dismissed on Charges of Battery on an Elderly Person and Battery
A Saint Lucie County man, A.R., was stabbed with a...
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Saint Lucie County Nurse Charged with Battery is Found Not Guilty
A young Saint Lucie County nurse was charged with Battery, a first degree misdemeanor per Ch. 784.03, Fla. Stat., punishable by up to one (1)...
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Not Guilty Verdict on Three Counts of Sexual Battery on a Child
A. M. (Trial Verdict/ Sex. Bat on child/Not Guilty/3 counts) Arguably the most serious battery charge in Florida is an allegation of sexual battery on a...
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Kirschner Obtains Sexual Battery Case Dismissed Against Okeechobee County Man
R.L./ Sexual Battery/ Charges Dismissed R.L. was charged with sexual battery of his girlfriend of some nine (9) years.  The woman claimed R.L. had stormed...
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Wrongfully Charged Man Gets a Not Guilty Verdict after Hiring Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., & Associates
J.F. is a hardworking middle-aged man in St. Lucie County who was charged with Battery, a first degree misdemeanor per 784.03(1)(a), Fla. Stat., and punishable...
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Speedy Trial Demand Forces State to Abandon Capital Sexual Battery Case!
Legal Help from a Port Saint Lucie Sexual Battery Attorney...
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Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., & Associates Wins Acquittal in Serious Sexual Battery Case!!
St. Lucie County Sexual Battery Attorney Wins Acquittal June 2021...
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Attorney Jonathan Jay Kirschner Wins Not Guilty Verdict in Sexual Activity With a Minor Case
Sex offense allegations in Florida are extremely serious because of the severity of the potential penalties. When someone is convicted of a sex offense, they...
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Attorney Jonathan Jay Kirschner Wins Dismissal of Serious Drug Charges
Have You Been Arrested on Fort Pierce Drug Trafficking Charges? Being charged with drug crimes in Florida can be frightening. The state treats drug crimes...
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Felony Possession Case Dismissed
J.J. was charged with felony Possession of Oxcodone, a third-degree felony per Ch. 893.13(6)(a), Fla. Stat. While traveling home from work, he was stopped by...
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Cannabis Case Dismissed
C.S. is a twenty-six (26) year old woman with no prior criminal record. While driving northbound on I-95 in St. Lucie county, a cop traveling...
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Charges Dropped against Innocent, Wrongfully Accused Citizen, for Allegedly Using “Peer 2 Peer” File Sharing to Transmit Child Pornography
Saint Lucie Child Pornography Lawyer Jonathan Jay Kirschner On March...
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Comedian Doug Stanhope Talks about Lawyer Jay Kirschner in Recent Netflix Special
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Charges Dropped for Fort Pierce Man Wrongfully Accused of Dog Fighting
Q: What’s worse than a human being who willfully tortures a dog??????? A:  ------ An innocent man, wrongfully arrested, jailed and ACCUSED of  torturing an...
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It’s “NOT GUILTY…” But is it Justice????”
As the jury entered the courtroom after completing their deliberations in the afternoon of Friday, January 8, 2016, two of the jurors looked at the...
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Battery Charge Dismissed in Face Of Speedy Trial Demand
In State of Florida vs. C.P., (56-2014- MM-4100- A) the government, in its ‘infinite wisdom’ chose to charge C.P. with Battery, a crime punishable by...
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Charge Dismissed Against Citizen Charged With Felony Possession Of Opiate Pain Killer Based Upon Dog “sniff”.
Man’s best friend.  And one of man’s best ‘tools’.   The ultra sensitive olfactory abilities of dogs are legendary.  But as this example will show, they...
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MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED/ STATE FORCED TO DROP POT CHARGES!!!
In State of Florida vs. C.S., (case number 2014 MM...
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Fort Pierce Aggravated Assault Charge Dropped
Last week charge of Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon (State...
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In The Long Haul, It’s All About Winning!!
WINNING!!!! IN THE LONG HAUL, IT’S ALL ABOUT WINNING !! (OR, ‘THE OPERA AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS’) There are many ways to...
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CHARGE DISMISSED AGAINST GROCERY OWNER
Grocery Store Owner's Criminal Charge Dismissed !! C.R. owns several grocery stores throughout Florida----one of the few remaining independent, entrepreneurial grocery chains still in operation.   His...
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RAPE CHARGES DISMISSED !!!
RAPE CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST FALSELY ACCUSED OKEECHOBEE COUNTY MAN After over two (2) years of vigorous litigation, rape charges were dismissed against R.L., in  Okeechobee...
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TEN (10) YEARS TO TIME SERVED
In State of Florida vs. AW, Case No.:  2012cf3530, the Defendant, while taking a leisurely nighttime walk around his quiet neighborhood in Port St. Lucie, ...
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The Myth of the “Aggressive Trial Attorney”
You’ve been arrested, and you’re looking for competent counsel to...
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JJK/LLC Obtains Court Order to Unmask Child Molester
On January 4, 2013, JJK/LLC obtained a Court Order dissolving...
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Grand Theft Charge Fort Pierce Not Guilty
15 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AVOIDED---ALLEGED $80,000.00 THEFT CASE RESULTS IN NOT GUILTY VERDICT !!! Kirschner gets yet another "two-word" verdict-Client facing 15 years walks away...
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Prison Sentence Avoided by “Technicality”
Out-of-Towner wrongfully charged with Firearm Felonies Saved from Prison Sentence In State v. DB, Case number 2007 CF 2166, a visiting family from Kentucky was...
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Wrongfully Accused Freed!
SIX CHARGES, FIVE FELONIES DISMISSED !! CASE DROPPED AGAINST INNOCENT MAN ! In State of Florida v. WJS, Okeechobee County Case No.: 472008CF000009A, WJS thought...
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9 Felonies Dismissed!!!!!!
On December 19, 2006, Detectives at the Port St. Lucie Police Department sought nine (9) arrest warrants against M.M. in case numbers 2006 CF 6055...
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Violation of Probation Warrants Dismissed
On July 17, 2009, H.D. [St. Lucie County Case No.:...
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Possession Case Dismissed!
ALL CASES ARE "BIG" CASES, TO THE WRONGFULLY ACCUSED... When...
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Felony Drug Charges Dismissed
DOMESTIC SQUABBLE LEADS TO FELONY ARREST-----CHARGE DISMISSED AND INNOCENT CITIZEN'S RECORD EXPUNGED A domestic argument resulted in M.L.'s wife contacting police in case number 2006-1931-CF....
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4.6 Million Dollars in Cash and Property Surpressed Due to Illegal Search
In State v. A.T., Palm Beach County Case No.: 11 CF 1935-AXX the Defendant was charged with multiple criminal counts including violation of the Racketeering...
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Racing Charge Dismissed!!!!!
K.Y. was returning from work on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, and while westbound in Fort Pierce, was stopped at a stoplight. Looking to his left,...
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Charges Dropped Against Wrongfully Arrested Victim
December 19th was a busy day for R.D., a 36 year old St. Lucie County mother of three (3) with no prior criminal history. After...
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