In this Ramsey County Criminal Domestic Violence case, Mr. Keller’s client was a prominent Hispanic artist from Minneapolis. The artist had been convicted of Violating an Order for Protection (VOFP) from an incident almost 10 years ago in 2001. When Mr. Keller’s client applied for citizenship, he was denied citizenship based on this 10-year old incident in which his client plead guilty with another attorney and the charges were later dismissed in 2003 after probation was successfully completed. Even though the client had no conviction for VOFP on his record, his previous guilty plea alone was enough to cause ICE (successor agency to INS) to deny the client citizenship and a renewal of his green card! As a result, Mr. Keller filed a Motion to Withdraw the Guilty Plea, got a Ramsey County Criminal Judge to schedule a hearing within less than a week of Keller Law Office’s filing the Motion, and subsequently got the Ramsey County Criminal Court to grant his Motion to Withdraw his client’s Guilty Plea, and then convince the St. Paul City Attorney’s Office to Dismiss the revived criminal charge against his client. Thus there was nothing left on his client’s record whatsoever. The client and his American born wife were extremely happy and were no ready for the Client to renew his citizenship application and become a U.S. Citizen so that he could continue his career in art and teaching art to young people.
Posts Tagged ‘Commercial Driver's License’
Keller Law Offices Wins Justice for Another Immigrant in Getting a Guilty Plea Withdrawn and Criminal Charges Dismissed in Ramsey County
Monday, May 24th, 2010License Returned and Implied Consent Case Won for Client Who Legal Use of Prescription Drugs Caused him to get a DWI
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Leading DWI Criminal Defense Attorney Max Keller won another DWI Implied Consent License Revocation case this week: The Attorney General’s Office agreed to Rescind the license Revocation and return the Driver’s License to Mr. Keller’s client. The Client lived in Hennepin County, but had gotten a DL Revocation in Kanabec County under the Implied Consent Law as a result of a one-car accident. But, he was never charged with the crime of DWI. As a result of losing his license, however, he lost his good job as a diesel mechanic, which required him to have a CDL or Commercial Driver’s License. Due to using a prescribed medicine at the prescribed dose, he fell asleep at the wheel, causing his car to go into the ditch. Now, his medication has been adjusted so he will not fall asleep while driving. With his regular license and his CDL back, he will now be able to get this job back with a clean driving record.
Charges Dismissed in Minneapolis Traffic Case
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Earlier this month, Keller Law Offices secured the dismissal of a traffic ticket in Minneapolis on the day of trial. Attorney Max Keller demanded all the police reports and tapes and the presence of the police officer at trial. Even though he was a law-abiding bus driver, our client was falsely accused of an traffic offense due to slippery, snowy conditions. The ticket was clearly unjust since the alleged violation was caused by the snow and not by any negligence on our client’s part. Max Keller was able to obtain a CWOP or continuance without plea (similar to a continuance for dismissal or CFD) meaning that Max’s client got no conviction on his record. Because he holds a Commercial Driver’s License or CDL, This favorable outcome was very important to our client, as he did not want to get a conviction in order to avoid harm to his CDL. Needless to say, the client was very please with the outcome. (27-CR-09-12039)
