Making A Positive Impact – How I Defend “Those” People

Making A Positive Impact – How I Defend “Those” People When I meet new people and they find out that I am a criminal defense attorney, more often than not one question follows. The question is always some version of “How can you defend those people?” There are so many ways I want to answer this question because I feel very passionately about being a criminal defense attorney. If I launched into my full feelings the person asking the question would get far more than they wanted and I would probably not be very popular. The short answer is that the people...

25 August

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Not Guilty – Attempted Statutory Sodomy

Posted by Jason Korner

in Case Victories, Sex Crimes

a man who has just been arrested for a sex crime

Jason Korner won a hard fought trial where his client faced life in prison as a sexual predator if he had been convicted of Attempted Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree. The allegation made by the State of Missouri was that Mr. Korner’s client had taken a substantial step towards putting his penis in the mouth of a three year old girl by having his fly down and pulling the little girls head towards his crotch. The client vehemently denies these appalling allegations. Years after the initial allegation, the case finally made it to trial recently in front of Judge Pelikan...

14 November

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Felony DWI, Resisting Arrest, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon

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Case Conclusion Date: November 21, 2011Practice Area: DUI / DWIOutcome: After filing and arguing several pretrial motions, Mr. Korner convinced the prosecutor to dismiss the felony DWI and the weapons charge. The resisting arrest was reduced to a misdemeanor.Description: Driver was traveling 120 mph on northbound I-270 in Town & Country. Driver was pulled over and, after admitting to drinking 5 drinks, he was arrested for his 3rd DWI and Felony Resisting Arrest for trying to evade the police. A search of the car located a gun, which added further criminal charges. ...

14 November

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Statutory Sodomy Dismissed

Posted by Jason Korner

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Case Conclusion Date: January 10, 2013Practice Area: Criminal DefenseOutcome: Client chose to fight the case and after a thorough investigation, Mr. Korner was able to show the witness was lying and the police investigation lacked credibility. All charges were dismissed prior to trial.Description: Client was accused of sodomizing a 2 year old girl. The girl's mother said she had witnessed the crime. Client faced life in prison, but was offered a 20 year sentence if he plead guilty....