Call

King Law Syracuse received a call from an individual that was recently charged with Petit Larceny in Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County. A petit larceny an allegation that an individual stole property. A petit larceny is an A misdemeanor. The maximum sentence for an A misdemeanor is up to 1 year in jail or up to 3 years of probation. During the call, our lawyer quickly gathered information about the case and about the caller and determined that an immediate meeting was important because of the upcoming life events – a college financial aid application deadline. A meeting was scheduled the same day.

Meeting

Our lawyer met with the accused individual in a private and confidential setting. During the initial meeting, we described what we could do to help and outlined a multi-phased plan that he would implement.

Plan implementation

Our lawyers started working on the case the very next day and started with phase one of the outlined plan. The first phase of the plan was to proactively approach the Onondaga District Attorney’s Office with a mitigation summary that would outline why the case should be dismissed. The plan worked. Within days of receiving our mitigation summary the District Attorney’s Office agreed to an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (“ACD”). An ACD meant that if King Law’s client did not get arrested for 6 months, the case would be dismissed.

Court

Our Attorney spoke with the client frequently and explained the case developments ahead of the first and only Court appearance in Dewitt Town Court. He explained what an ACD was and how it worked. On the Court date, the agreement was placed “on the record,” and the ACD was entered, and our client continued on their path to a college education.