December 2011 – Client ACQUITTED at trial of Kidnapping in the First Degree charges. Kidnapping in the First Degree is a Class A-I felony and carries a mandatory life sentence. Client was convicted at trial of the lesser charge of Kidnapping in the Second Degree which carried a minimum of five years in prison and…

October 2011 – PLEA BARGAIN TO 2ND DEGREE ASSAULT – Client arrested, charged and indicted on 2 separate incidents of Attempted murder in the Second Degree and Assault in the First Degree. The client faced a mandatory minimum of 5 years and maximum of 25 years on both cases, Class B Violent Felony Offenses (Minimum…

October 2011 – JURY ACQUITTAL – Criminal Possession of a Loaded Gun. New York City Police executed a search warrant to search the premises of a Bronx Man for marijuana and other drug paraphernalia.  The NYPD broke down the door of the apartment while the client was at home with his wife and three minor…

September 2011 – Criminal Possession of More than Ten Pounds of Marijuana All charges DISMISSED against client, a Jamaican immigrant, charged with criminal possession of more than ten pounds of marijuana, a Class C Felony and a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in prison. By obtaining the dismissal of all charges, we were…

April 2011 – Felony Unauthorized Practice of Medicine Criminal Defense Attorney Troy Smith had all charges DISMISSED against a plastic surgeon from the Dominican Republic, charged with felony unauthorized practice of medicine in New York County and Bronx County.

April 2011 – Juvenile Felony Burglary Vacated Client, now 19 years old, pled guilty to felony Burglary charge in Orange County Family Court when he was 15 years old and was adjudicated a juvenile offender. The client wanted to enlist in the United States Army but required a waiver in order to enlist because of…

January 2011 – Aggravated Sexual Contact of a Child and Child Molestation Troy Smith had all charges DISMISSED against a U.S. Army soldier, charged with aggravated sexual contact of a child and other related child molestation charges.

August 2010 – OVERTURNED and DISMISSED- (US vs McGinnis) Client Convicted of assault consummated by a battery for causing leg fractures to his eight-month old stepson. Upon full trial appeal Attorney Troy Smith argued that client was forced into giving a "false confession" and combined with other argued circumstances the case was overturned and dismissed…

June 2010 – Full jury ACQUITTAL of client (facing life in prison without the possibility of parole) , a U.S. Army soldier, charged with Rape of a Child under the age of 12 years old and child pornography. In securing the acquittal, I was able to successfully preclude evidence of the client’s previous history of…