Uche Litigation

Super pleased to announce that my team and I got a federal criminal jury of 12 to deadlock 6-6 in a high-stakes case involving gun charges. This was a big win for us, considering that the Pue Research Center has found that fewer than 1% of criminal defendants in federal criminal trials get acquitted, or get a mistrial via a deadlocked jury.

More challenging for our team was the fact that my client is a convicted felon and that the United States Justice Department presented four Chicago police officers who testified that they found a gun in my client’s car as well as three civilian witnesses who said the same thing. Numerous ATF special agents worked on the case and the Justice Department assigned two top prosecutors to litigate the case.

Our defense heavily depended on cross-examination to get out our theory that the gun had been planted on my client; and I am so thankful for the masterful cross-examination Ari Williams, Shay T Allen and myself subjected each witness to.

The Feds have indicated that they are unsure if they will re-prosecute the case. But if they do, we will be ready.