CASE VICTORIES

Petition for Post-Conviction Relief Reply

Client was sentenced to natural life in prison for first degree murder.  Lisa discovered while preparing a reply in his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief that the cell phone records which supposedly placed him outside pounding on the victim’s door only two minutes before she was shot in the head were actually recorded in Eastern Standard Time, not Arizona Time.  In other words, the cell phone call occurred at 10:58 p.m. Arizona Time the night before the victim was murdered and not 1:58 a.m. only two minutes before she was killed.  A Maricopa County Superior Court judge overturned his conviction for first degree murder.

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Petition for Post-Conviction Relief

Client was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for an aggravated assault where he supposedly broke the victim’s nose.  Lisa investigated whether the victim’s nose was really broken and discovered that her nose was merely bruised.   Lisa prepared a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief.  The Court resentenced Client to 2 years in prison.

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Petition for Post-Conviction Relief

Client was sentenced to four years in prison for a first violation of probation after a contentious probation admission disposition hearing.  She discovered that the judge had illegally sentenced the defendant at the probation admission disposition hearing.  The State conceded the error.  His case was remanded for resentencing.  The judge resentenced him to time served.  

 

Injunction Against Harassment Appeal

 Client wanted to vacate an injunction against harassment filed by his girlfriend’s ex husband mandating that he stay away from the ex-husband’s six-year-old daughter because he had allegedly poked her in the chest and leg on one occasion.  In July 2024, the Court of Appeals issued an Order Vacating Injunction Against Harassment.  On September 10, 2024, the Court of Appeals issued a published opinion on the case entitled Martinez v. Estes.       

 

Sex Offender Probation Termination

When client was stopped for a DUI, the police found some computer images of child porn in the trunk of client’s car.  Client was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.  After only six years on probation, the Court granted his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation that Lisa prepared.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client immediately turned himself in to the police after fondling his stepdaughters in 1997.   He was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation for 1 count attempted child molestation and 1 count sexual abuse.  After only ten years on probation, the Court granted his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation that Lisa prepared.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was a Vietnam veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was a diagnosed pedophile who had pled to two counts of attempted child molestation in 1996.  Despite 13 years with no new criminal charges and excellent progress in therapy, Client’s probation officer vehemently opposed the termination.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation because he exposed and fondled himself in front of his young children while he was drunk.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation on a charge reduced from voyeurism that involved an adult woman and had a serious voyeurism paraphilia that required many years of therapy.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client had met the thirteen-year-old victim when she was ten years old and he was her summer camp leader.  They corresponded via text and exchanged nude images before the victim’s sleepover with two friends.  Client came to the sleepover and made out with the victim.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

While high on meth, Client unknowingly sexually assaulted an adult woman whom he did not know in her home.  He was caught years later because his DNA matched the rape kit.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was a masseuse who was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation because he groped an adult woman’s breast during a massage session.  The victim vehemently opposed probation termination and testified at the hearing.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation on two counts of sexual conduct with a minor with his nine-year-old stepsister after attempting to give and receive oral sex with her.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation which the Court granted.

 

Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was caught in an undercover sting operation.  He was sentenced to lifetime sex offender probation on one count of Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation.  The State and Adult Probation vehemently opposed termination.  Lisa prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation and represented him at the hearing where he Court immediately terminated his sex offender probation.

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Sex Offender Probation Termination

Client was caught in an undercover sting operation with cash and Victoria’s Secret lingerie for the “victim”.  The Court ordered that he take one last polygraph in May 2025 and that his lifetime sex offender probation would terminate in July 2025 after Lisa had prepared his Petition to Terminate Lifetime Sex Offender Probation.

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Sex Offender Probation Modification

A Client wanted the child terms of his lifetime sex offender probation terminated.  He had pled guilty to voyeurism of a woman. He was an involved dad of four children who became weary of the child terms.  Probation portrayed him as a sexual deviant who was kicked out of therapy because of his manipulation and deceit.  Despite this, the judge ruled in favor of Lisa’s Motion to Modify and removed the child terms of his sex offender probation without a hearing.

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Sex Offender Probation Modification

Client had a serious mental illness and had pled guilty to inappropriately touching her 13-year-old son.  Probation opposed her living with her husband and having unsupervised visits with her now middle-aged son and her grandson.  The judge ruled in favor of Lisa’s Motion to Modify and allowed her to move back home with her husband and have full contact with her son at his discretion and supervised visits with her grandson without a hearing.

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Restoration of Gun Rights

Client owned a successful medical practice where he used innovative therapies to treat patients with traumatic brain injuries.  Over fourteen years ago, he had pled guilty to one count of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices and one count of Sale of a Dangerous Drug.  The judge granted the Motion to Set Aside and restore gun rights that Lisa prepared without a hearing.

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Restoration of Gun Rights

Client had a federal felony conviction for a white collar crime and wanted to restore his Arizona gun rights.  The U.S. Attorney filed a response basically telling the Superior Court judge that he wasn’t allowed to do that.  The Superior Court judge ignored the Response and granted the motion to restore Arizona gun rights without a hearing. 

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Fingerprint Clearance Card

Client was in her early 60s and was a victim of human sex trafficking in 1976 when she was arrested for prostitution in a sting operation in Georgia.  She pled guilty to a misdemeanor.  The Arizona Board of Fingerprinting denied her application for a fingerprint card.  Lisa prepared her Good Cause Exception Application which was granted without a hearing.

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Set Aside Conviction

Client owned a successful medical practice where he used innovative therapies to treat patients with traumatic brain injuries.  Over fourteen years ago, he had pled guilty to one count of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices and one count of Sale of a Dangerous Drug.  The judge granted the Motion to Set Aside and restore gun rights that Lisa prepared without a hearing.