Defendant was facing a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted of the charges of first degree kidnapping and murder. Ms. Connolly secured a plea to one count of voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon and a sentence of a minimum of 8 years in prison.
Client was charged by the Department of Family Services with having sexual relations with his stepdaughter. Following multiple days of trial, the court dismissed the petition.
Defendant was charged with felony domestic violence by strangulation. Ms. Connolly successfully negotiated the charge down to a misdemeanor harassment charge.
Defendant was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, less than 14 grams. Ms. Connolly got the charges reduced to a misdemeanor charge of possession drugs not to be introduced into interstate commerce.