Criminal Vehicular Operation Archives - Brandt Kettwick Defense

Felony Criminal Vehicular Homicide Reduced to Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation

Date: March 2022
Case: CVH
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to represent a client charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide in Aitkin County resulting from an accident involving a death. As the matter was charged, it called for a sentence of four years in prison. Mike was successful in negotiating a reduced charge of gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation. Mike’s client did not serve any jail time and kept a felony off his record.

Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation Dismissed with Plea to DWI

Date: February 2022
Case: Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation, Fourth Degree DWI
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client faced Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation and two counts of Misdemeanor Fourth Degree DWI after a boating accident. Because of Nicole’s negotiations with the prosecutor and her client’s proactive steps, the gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation charge was dismissed and instead the client plead guilty to a Fourth Degree DWI and was placed on unsupervised probation.

Nicole’s Client Avoids Felony in Criminal Vehicular Operation Case

Date: November 2021
Case: Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: After a head-on collision left both Nicole’s client and another driver in the hospital, Nicole’s client faced two counts of Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation (CVO). Nicole’s client made significant strides in sobriety and in a restorative justice circle with the victim in the accident. This helped Nicole reach a resolution with the prosecutor where her client pled guilty to an amended charge of Gross Misdemeanor CVO, and her client was able to avoid a felony conviction and jail time.

Criminal Vehicular Operation reduced to DWI

Date: July 2021
Case: Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was in a traffic collision and left the scene without giving his information to the other driver. The police arrested Nicole’s client at his home and charged him with 3 counts of Gross Misdemeanor Vehicular Operation, 2 counts of Misdemeanor Fourth Degree DWI, and Gross Misdemeanor Failure to Stop for a Traffic Collision. Nicole encouraged her client to take various proactive steps and then used his progress to negotiate with the prosecutor. Nicole convinced the prosecutor to dismiss all of the Gross Misdemeanor charges. Nicole’s client was placed on 2 years of probation and was ordered to complete 80 hours of community service. Nicole’s client avoided a Gross Misdemeanor conviction and avoided serving any jail time.

Client Avoids a Conviction for Criminal Vehicular Operation

Date: January 2020
Case: GM Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Michael J. Brandt
Result: Mike’s client was charged with a Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation for an incident occurring in Anoka County in August 2019. Mike negotiated a Stay of Adjudication for his client. This means that no conviction was entered and after the client successfully completes 2 years of probation, the charge will be dismissed.

Nicole’s Client Charged with Criminal Vehicular Operation Pleas to an Operating Under the Influence Misdemeanor

In April of 2018, Nicole’s client was in a motor vehicle accident while driving under the influence of alcohol in Anoka County. The accident resulted in damage to another individual’s vehicle and injuries to the other driver. Her client was charged with Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation and DWI. In preparation, Nicole gathered and reviewed all of the State’s evidence....

Criminal Vehicular Homicide Charges Result in Probation and no Prison

Mike Brandt’s client was charged with two counts of Criminal Vehicular Homicide stemming from a tragic accident occurring in November of 2015 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Mike’s client, who had worked an overnight shift at his job, had stopped and consumed a few cocktails with a coworker at breakfast. He spent some time at the coworker’s house playing video games...

Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation Charges Reduced to Careless Driving

Mike Brandt’s client was charged with Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation from an incident occurring in February of 2017 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The state alleged that Mike’s client was grossly negligent in failing to yield to a red light, causing an accident which caused very serious injuries to another driver. Any sort of felony conviction would have had dire...

Criminal Vehicular Operation Charges Reduced to DWI

Mike Brandt’s client was charged with Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation for driving the wrong way on a highway and striking another driver head on. This happened in the city of White Bear Township on January 5, 2018. The accident occurred in Minnesota during the winter when temperatures were double digits below zero. After the accident, Mike’s client left the...

Potential Felony Charges of Criminal Vehicular Operation Reduced to Careless Driving

Mike Brandt’s client was arrested in January of 2017 in Wright County for Criminal Vehicular Operation. The allegation was that Mike’s client had gotten into an accident while under the influence of alcohol and a passenger in his vehicle had been injured. Before the charges were issued, Mike got involved and engaged in discussions with the prosecutor and pointed out...

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