February 10, 2010 – After three days of trial, a jury deliberated for forty-five minutes and returned a Not Guilty verdict on two counts of Aggravated Child Abuse against R.B. (client’s name is withheld as he intends to expunge his record). Aggravated Child Abuse in Tennessee is a Class A felony, carrying between 15-60 years [...]
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Not Guilty Jury Verdict on Two Counts of Aggravated Child Abuse
February 11th, 2010 
Nathan Moore 
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Tags: aggravated child abuse, felony not guilty verdict, jury trial, not guilty 
No Comments »Client Charged With Drug Possession Gets Unsupervised Probation
September 10th, 2009 Nathan Moore Today, due to client’s ongoing cooperation with law enforcement and rigorous negotiations with the Assistant District Attorney General, client J.W. pleaded to 2 years of unsupervised probation. His original charge would have carried up to 8 years, which would have had to be served at 100% (a day for day sentence, without the possibility of [...]
DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving in Sumner County
June 17th, 2009 Nathan Moore State v. J.H., June 17, 2009, General Sessions Court in Sumner County, Tennessee Client was arrested for driving slowly and straddling the line of two lanes on I-65 near Hendersonville, Tennessee. The officer noted in the arrest warrant that his speech was slurred and his eyes appeared blood shot. As I always advise, my client [...]
Class C Felony Dismissed at General Sessions
June 17th, 2009 Nathan Moore State v. K.W., June 17, 2009 – Felony Jail Docket, Davidson County, Tennessee My client was accusing of facilitating the sale of crack cocaine, which constitutes a Class C felony, carrying up to 15 years of prison time. At the preliminary hearing, testimony was offered by the undercover detective that he had picked up a [...]
Recent Successes: Potential 2nd DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving
February 20th, 2009 Nathan Moore State v. M.M., February 17, 2009 Charges: DUI 2nd, Driving on a Suspended License, Failure to Submit to Breath Test On December 15, 2008, M.M. was pulled over for speeding – going 110 mph in a 70 mph zone. Officers reported he was unsteady on his feet, smelled of an alcoholic beverage, and could not [...]
DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving
October 15th, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. C.G. October 14, 2008 C.G. was stopped on Hermitage Avenue in Nashville by an officer who said he saw C.G. swerve over the dividing yellow line. Upon seizure, the officer noted he detected a smell of alcohol on C.G.’s breath. No blood tests were performed. Negotiations with the state resulted in a reduced [...]
Recent Success: Three Felonies Dismissed
October 10th, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. B.D., October 9, 2008 B.D. was charged with Aggravated Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools, Vandalism Over $1,000, and misdemeanor harassment. He was accused of breaking into his estranged girlfriend’s home, damaging property, and stealing her wallet, along with a few other items. Intensive negotiation, coupled with the good behavior of B.D. while out [...]
Posted in Moore Law Blog, Recent Successes Tags: criminal defense, felony defense, tennessee criminal law No Comments »Recent Success: One Year Probation on Counterfeiting Charge
October 2nd, 2008 Nathan Moore C.W. was charged as part of an operation of bleaching five dollar bills and then color copying one hundred dollar bills onto the newly bleached paper. Though there was a federal investigation, and the potential of more serious federal charges, we were able to negotiate a plea deal in state court of Criminal Simulation: Less [...]
Recent Success: School Zone Charge Reduced, Probation
August 21st, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. W.C. August 21, 2008 W.C. was charged with selling marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare. He was facing a potential sentence of 4 years at 100%, which meant he would never be elgible for parole. After negotiating with the state, a plea deal was reached that reduced the charge to [...]
DUI 3rd Reduced to DUI 1st
August 18th, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. J.B. August 12, 2008 Client was sideswiped by an illegal immigrant, who was never found. Upon doing field sobriety tests, client was arrested for DUI. In negotiations with the assistant DA, the charged was maintained as a DUI 1st, saving J.B. 119 days in jail. Bookmark and Share:
Recent Successes – One Year Probation on School Zone Charge
July 22nd, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. W.C. July 21, 2008 W.C. was charged with criminal trespass, and while being cited, was found to possess a felony amount of marijuana within 1000 feet of a public library. As charged, W.C. faced a Class D felony at 100% service, which means that if convicted, he faced up to 4 years in [...]
Recent Successes – Six Year Sentence Suspended
July 18th, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. J.D. July 16, 2008 J.D. had initially pleaded guilty to a robbery charge, and had been sentenced to 6 years on probation. He had violated his probation previously, and had been forced to serve a portion of his 6 year sentence. We advised J.D. to address his drug problem and life issues by [...]
Recent Success – Only 10 Days in Jail – Could Have Received 11 Months and 29 Days
July 4th, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. J.M. July 1, 2008 J.M. was caught removing materials from a construction site. He also had a lengthy record of approximately 30 prior misdemeanor convictions. After negotiating with the State, we were able to help J.M. receive only 10 days in jail. With the time he had already built up, he was released [...]
Recent Success – Client’s Probation Violation Retired – Probation Reinstated
July 3rd, 2008 Nathan Moore State v. L.O. July 1, 2008 L.O. was on supervised probation for reckless aggravated assault. He was rearrested on a criminal trespass warrant, and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine days in jail. After reviewing the new charge, it became clear that L.O. should never have been arrested in the first place. He was [...]
