Case Results

Ohio (ODNR)

Client accused of OVI OVI charge dismissed; charge reduced to riding snowmobile after hours.

Logan County · Indian Lake

Client charged with reckless operation of a watercraft and riding too close to shoreline. Case dismissed for payment of court costs after Colin argued the client was a victim -- his friend ran him over with a jet ski.

Franklin County

Ohio Department of Insurance investigation into fraud and forgery. Colin negotiated outcome; no charges filed.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Investigation closed; no charges filed.

Fairfield County · Lancaster

Felony 2 felonious assault from a bar fight reduced to misdemeanor 1 assault.

Shelby County · Sidney

Charge reduced to disorderly conduct, probation, no jail.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

No jail time, fine and probation.

Delaware County

Single-car accident; client's iPhone crash detection (accelerometer) automatically alerted police to his location. Felony drug possession dismissed; probation for OVI.

Shelby County · Sidney

Client placed in diversion -- pre-trial probation requiring completion of requirements before case dismissal; no plea, no conviction to expunge.

Auglaize County · Wapakoneta

Client's charge dismissed.

Union County · Marysville

Client had unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, drug, and gun charges, with multiple probation violations. Colin successfully argued for continued probation and shortly thereafter secured early termination of probation with transfer of supervision to another county.

Franklin County · Columbus

Client brought a handgun through the security checkpoint at John Glenn International Airport. Charge was a misdemeanor (not felony). Case dismissed for payment of court costs.

Hardin County · Kenton

Prosecution conceded inability to prove case and likelihood of self-defense adjudication. Case dismissed.

Franklin County · Columbus

Client facing 25+ years; charges completely dismissed after Colin leveraged a post-brain-surgery diminished capacity argument, convincing the judge to accept the surgeon's assessment without a formal mental health evaluation.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Misdemeanor 1 assault reduced to disorderly conduct based on self-defense argument.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Domestic violence charge reduced to disorderly conduct, fine only, no probation; client returned to living with girlfriend.

Adams County · West Union

Felony improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle reduced to attempted misdemeanor, fine only, no jail.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Felony 3 weapon under disability and aggravated menacing charges stemming from a neighbor dispute. Firearm felony dismissed; aggravated menacing reduced to misdemeanor menacing. Probation, no jail.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Client charged with Felony 2 aggravated burglary. Burglary charge dismissed.

Logan County

Felony 2 manufacturing and trafficking charges reduced to possession of drugs. No jail, no prison, probation only.

Hardin County · Kenton

Client was a convicted felon. Weapon under disability charge reduced; no prison, probation.

Hocking County · Logan

Public official targeted; felony aggravated menacing and abduction charges. Charges reduced, diversion, no jail, no prison.

Hardin County · Findlay

Client (elderly man with dementia) struck wife with a plate after she poured hot spaghetti in his lap. Charges reduced to disorderly conduct, no jail, probation only.

Franklin County · Columbus

Client drove into his own apartment building while intoxicated. OVI reduced to physical control (zero-point, non-moving).

Shelby County · Sidney

Client rear-ended another vehicle with a baby in the car while intoxicated. Multiple-offender OVI reduced to first-offense treatment; child endangerment dismissed. No jail, probation only.

Logan County · Bellefontaine

Client crashed in front of officers (captured on dash camera) with open alcohol in the vehicle. Pled guilty to OVI; several other charges dismissed. No jail, probation only.

Logan County

Client was drunk boating, crashed the boat, and fled the scene. Reduced to attempted theft M2, $50 restitution.

Hocking County · Logan

Charged with counterfeiting and theft. Outcome: diversion, no jail, no prison; charges will be expunged upon completion.

Hocking County

Diversion.

Mercer County · Celina

Charges dismissed.

Franklin County · Columbus

Client charged based on a trooper's observation of high-rate acceleration. Charges dismissed.

Union County · Marysville

Colin engaged on a pre-charge basis, negotiated with law enforcement, and no charges were filed; police formally closed the investigation.

Franklin County

Client opened credit cards in ex-boyfriend's name. Felony ID theft and theft charges reduced to misdemeanor, protecting a professionally licensed individual from licensing agency consequences and felony conviction.

Franklin County

Assault on a peace officer dismissed; gun charges reduced. No prison, no jail, probation only.

Marion County

Undercover purchase of cocaine from client's living room with marked money; children and a firearm present. Child endangerment charge noted. Charges reduced, probation only, no prison.

Franklin County

Reduced charge.

Franklin County · Columbus

Grandmother accused of stealing children's clothing from Target. Case dismissed for lack of evidence.

Franklin County · Columbus

Multiple charges of theft and passing bad checks dismissed because the client factually did not pass bad checks.

Franklin County

Case involved a pistol-whipping resulting in head injury. Felony 2 felonious assault reduced to misdemeanor 1 simple assault. No jail, no prison, probation.

Federal (S.D. Ohio) · Columbus

RICO conspiracy charge involving multiple kilos of methamphetamine. Charges reduced; sentenced to only 2 years instead of potential decades in prison.

Clark County · Springfield

Dismissed for lack of evidence. Colin noted there were likely grounds for an illegal search argument, but the case was dismissed outright without litigating those issues.

Franklin County

Charges involving fake pressed pills (fentanyl-laced fake Percocets) reduced. No jail, no prison, probation only.

Franklin County

Client shot two people in what Colin characterized as self-defense, but client also had an automatic weapons charge. Attempted murder dismissed; convicted on firearms violation, sentenced to prison for the gun charge, not the shooting.

Hamilton County · Cincinnati

Client was driver/accessory to an apartment building shooting. Felony 1 aggravated robbery and Felony 2 felonious assault reduced to breaking and entering (F4). No prison, no jail, probation only.

Hardin County · Kenton

Charges reduced; no prison, probation.