The Medlin Law Firm - Gary Medlin
Assault, Fort Worth – Case Dismissed
Our client was arrested for assault bodily injury to a family member. She was accused of punching her boyfriend. After only two Fort Worth, TX court appearances, we convinced the DA to dismiss her case without her having to do any classes, community service, probation, or pay any fines or court costs.
Possession of Dangerous Drug, Parker County – Dismissed
Our client has a heart condition that requires him to take multiple prescription drugs. He does not usually keep the pills in the prescription bottle with the label on it. He was parked on the side of the road messing with his cell phone. Officers pulled up behind him to do a motorist assist in Parker County, Texas. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer saw empty beer bottles in the rear seat passenger floorboard and asked our client if he’d been drinking. He said “no”. They ordered him to step out of the car and searched his vehicle. Officer [...]
Medlin Client Falsely Convicted Exonerated After 21 Years
On Wednesday, a State district Judge exonerated 44-year-old John Earl Nolley for the 1996 murder of Sharon McLane. Nolley was released after 19 years in prison in May 2016 but was not declared innocent until a Texas judge signed an order following the emergence of new evidence. The order qualifies Nolley for state compensation. Legal Efforts Leading To Exoneration Nolley’s conviction was based on two jailhouse snitches and circumstantial evidence. Gary Medlin, an attorney at Medlin Law, worked with The Innocence Project to call key evidence into question. The integrity unit at the organization revisited files on informants and was [...]
Not Guilty by Jury: Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Charge
Our client worked in air conditioning service and repair. He was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a couple of drinks earlier. He did terribly on the DWI sobriety tests and looked to the police and prosecutors to be very intoxicated. He was arrested and charged for DWI. At trial, we were able to show that the client had some injuries and a bad back, was overweight and that the field sobriety tests were not fair for him since there was no way he could look normal on those tests. The jury quickly found our client not [...]
Not Guilty by Jury After Blowing .14 with Breathalyzer Test
Our client was stopped for a traffic violation and admitted to having a few drinks earlier. The client did okay on the field sobriety tests, but was arrested and submitted to a breathalyzer test – the result was .14. We were able to show the jury how unreliable the breathalyzer is and how the particular breathalyzer machine used on our client had some problems. The jury found our client not guilty.
Tried for Intoxication Manslaughter
Our client was in court accepting probation for possessing a controlled substance. After appearing before the judge and meeting with a probation officer, she drove home. On the way she fell asleep and drifted onto the shoulder of the highway, running over a man who had parked on the shoulder with car trouble, killing him instantly. Our client was arrested on the scene and taken to a hospital for a blood test which showed she had valium in her blood. The prosecutor claimed that she was intoxicated on valium and tried her for intoxication manslaughter. We recused the judge she had [...]
Possession 4-200g Cocaine with Intent to Deliver
Our client had a prior felony conviction and was looking at a minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted of possession with intent to deliver cocaine. Police officers had a tip that he was in possession of cocaine and knocked on his door. They claimed that the client allowed them to come in where they then saw cocaine in plain view and arrested him for possession with intent to deliver. At trial we showed that our client had told the cops through his window that he did not want to talk to them, but they would not leave. Then, when our client [...]
Jury Acquittal for Capital Murder Charge
It was Christmas time and our client was going to walk to a holiday party. He stopped at his neighborhood convenience store to buy a scratch-off ticket – and was a winner! Just then a gang member walked in and pointed a gun at the store owner and demanded the cash. The gang member then pointed the gun at our client and told the client to grab the cigar box of money. The gunman shot the owner dead, and the gunman told our client to come with him. They drove to the gunman’s relative’s home. The gunman counted the [...]
Not Guilty for DWI Charge with .20 blood test
Our client was stopped as he pulled into a taco restaurant drive through late in the evening. After admitting that he had a few beers earlier, the police officer had our client do the DWI field sobriety tests. Even though our client did well on those tests, but not perfect, the officer arrested and charged our client for DWI. Our client submitted to a blood test which came back as .20 alcohol. At trial, we showed the many possible mistakes that can be made in blood testing for DWI. We emphasized to the jury that our client appeared normal – and [...]
Acquitted: Drug Delivery Charge of 100+ Pounds of Marijuana
The client had delivered over 100 pounds of marijuana to an undercover officer and had prior drug arrests and probations and was looking at a possible long prison sentence for delivering drugs – potentially a life sentence. We had demanded, prior to the trial, disclosure of any confidential informants or snitches used by the police and any deals, promises of leniency or grants of immunity given to such persons. The prosecutors represented to the court that no CI’s nor snitches had been used by the police. At the trial for the client’s marijuana delivery charge, when it became apparent that the undercover [...]
