Experience

Nic Cocis – Experience

Here is a sampling of the types of cases Nic Cocis has handled:

  • Felony maintaining a house where drugs are used or sold from – reduced to misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance for personal use and house arrest (2012)
  • Federal felony charges of possession of child pornography –the judge purposefully sentenced the client to a below the minimum mandatory sentence which caused the US Attorney Office to file an appeal. (2011)
  • Felony possession of 50 caliber tracer ammunition — reduced to misdemeanor. Avoided substantial jail time (2011)
  • Felony DUI accident with injuries – probation and house arrest after minimal custody time. Avoided substantial prison sentence (2011)
  • Felony possession of obscene materials – reduced to misdemeanor. Avoided registration as sex offender (2011)
  • Domestic violence – charges not filed (2011)
  • Lewd act with a child under 14 – charges not filed (2011)
  • Felony unlawful possession of prescription medicine with intent to sell — reduced to misdemeanor (2011)
  • Residential burglary — probation and labor program (2011)
  • Robbery of fast food restaurant and false imprisonment of employee — probation and jail term. Avoided substantial state prison sentence (2011)
  • Felony DUI accident with injuries – probation with in-custody rehabilitation program. Avoided substantial state prison sentence (2011)
  • Felony embezzlement — reduced to misdemeanor (2010)
  • Felony sexual battery — dismissed (2010)
  • Felony sending of obscene material over the internet — probation and house arrest (2010)
  • Felony insurance fraud — reduced to misdemeanor (2009)
  • Possession of approximately 2000 lbs. of marijuana with intent to distribute — probation and house arrest (2009)
  • Possession of approximately $500,000 with intent to purchase a controlled substance (reverse sting operation) – saved 8 years of state prison (2009)
  • Possession of marijuana with intent to sell — dismissed (2009)
  • Theft of property — dismissed (2009)
  • Operating “chop shop” with property damage in excess of $200,000 — probation and house arrest (2008)
  • Possession of destructive device (acetylene bomb) — reduced to “disturbance of the peace” and fines (2008)
  • Possession of approximately 2 lbs of marijuana with intent to sell — reduced to possession for personal use and sentenced to drug diversion (2008)
  • Child endangerment — reduced to “disturbance of the peace” as an infraction (2008)
  • Assault — dismissed (2008)
  • Criminal threat and assault with use of firearm — probation and house arrest (2008)
  • Possession of controlled substance — dismissed (2008)
  • Resisting arrest and possession of methamphetamine — dismissed (2007)
  • Cultivation and possession for sell of marijuana — probation and house arrest (2007)
  • Spousal battery — dismissed (2007)
  • Possession of more than 1300 Ecstasy pills with intent to sell — probation and house arrest (2007)
  • Possession of 1 lb. of methamphetamine with intent to sell — probation and house arrest (2007)
  • Kidnap — probation and work release (2006)
  • Felony assault causing great bodily injury — reduced to misdemeanor and credit for time served (2006)
  • Cultivation of marijuana — dismissed (2006)
  • Embezzlement of money — dismissed (2006)
  • Vehicle theft — dismissed (2006)
  • Possession of marijuana with intent to sell — dismissed (2005)
  • Two felony counts of assault with a gun — reduced to one misdemeanor count of simple assault (2005)
  • Burglary with the use of blowtorch causing multi-million dollar loss — probation and work release (2005)
  • Possession of 540 lbs. of cocaine with intent to sell — saved 13 years of state prison (2005)
  • 2nd DUI — reduced to reckless driving and no jail (2005)
  • Spousal battery — reduced to “disturbance of the peace” (2005)
  • Home invasion robbery — dismissed (2004)
  • Battery of peace officer — dismissed (2004)
  • Possession of 150 lbs. of marijuana with intent to sell — reduced to 150 days in jail (2004)
  • Vehicular manslaughter — criminal charges not filed by District Attorney (2004)
  • Grand theft of property — dismissed (2004)
  • Sexual battery — reduced to “disturbance of the peace” (2004)
  • Transportation of controlled substance while armed with a gun — drug treatment (2004)
  • Spousal battery — dismissed (2004)
  • Felony criminal threat and witness intimidation — dismissed (2004)
  • Grand theft of property — dismissed (2003)
  • Manufacturing of controlled substance — misdemeanor possession (2003)
  • Maintaining a drug house and child endangerment — drug treatment (2003)
  • Indecent exposure — not guilty (2002)
  • Vandalism of police vehicle — not guilty (2002)
  • Felony spousal battery — reduced to misdemeanor (2002)
  • Felony criminal threat — reduced to misdemeanor (2002)

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