Date: February 2025 Case: Felony Possession of Pornographic Work; Minor Under 14 Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick Result: Nicole’s client was charged with multiple counts of Felony Possession of Pornographic Work. She ultimately was able to reduce the number of counts they were charged with and the Prosecutor agreed to a Dispositional Departure. The Judge granted a Downward Dispositional Departure, resulting...
Date: November 2024 Case: Felony Criminal Sexual Conduct Attorney: Michael J. Brandt Result: Charges reduced to a gross misdemeanor and client gets a stay of adjudication and probation. Upon completion of probation, the client’s charges will be dismissed.
Date: October 2024 Case: Felony Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct Attorneys: Nicole A. Kettwick and Paul L. Young Result: After an eleven-day jury trial, Nicole & Paul secured a not guilty verdict for their client who faced charges of Felony Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. Throughout the case, Nicole & Paul conducted a comprehensive investigation, contacting numerous witnesses and retaining...
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick Charge: Criminal Sexual Conduct Date: December 2023 Result: Nicole’s juvenile client was originally charged with three counts of felony criminal sexual conduct with two other previous allegations being reviewed for charges as well. Nicole was able to provide the prosecutor evidence obtained by our own investigation that convinced the State to not file charges in one of...
Date: December 2023 Case: Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct Attorney: Nicole Kettwick Result: Nicole’s client was charged with Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct in Anoka County. Nicole filed a motion to dismiss the charges based on a due process challenge, given her client’s case was charged 7 years after the date of incident. After cross examining the investigator at a...
Date: October 2023 Case: Motion for Early Discharge from Probation on Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct Charge Attorney: Nicole Kettwick Result: Nicole’s client was placed on supervised probation for 15 years after receiving a stay of adjudication on a third degree criminal sexual conduct offense. A work opportunity came up, but the probation interfered with his ability to commit to this life...
Date: July 2023 Case: Child Pornography Attorney: Nicole Kettwick Result: Nicole’s Client was facing multiple prison sentences based on being charged with multiple counts of possessing child pornography. Due to her client’s positive steps to move on from the charges, and the support of friends and family, Nicole was able to negotiate a downward departure in sentencing for a stay of execution, where...
Date: April 2023
Case: Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fifth Degree
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Fifth Degree after an incident occurring at a college in Anoka County. Nicole negotiated the offense down to a disorderly conduct with no further jail time.
Date: January 2023
Case: Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (x2)
Attorney: Michael J. Brandt
Result: Mike’s client was facing two counts of Felony Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (which could have been charged as a more serious First Degree charge). Based on Mike’s negotiations with the prosecutor and his client’s proactive steps, Mike was able to negotiate a plea agreement that allowed Mike to argue for a gross misdemeanor sentence, hopefully avoiding a felony for his client. After filing a motion and a memo asking the judge to sentence the case as a gross misdemeanor, and making oral arguments at the sentencing hearing, Mike convinced the judge to agree to a downward durational departure. This means that the client received a gross misdemeanor (rather than a felony) level sentence. Mike’s client was placed on probation for two years.
Date: January 2023
Case: Preliminary Criminal Sexual Conduct
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s 18-year-old client was facing a potential criminal sexual conduct charge after allegations were reported to the police. After Nicole spoke with the prosecutor, investigator, and hired her own forensic expert, the prosecutor decided to decline charges.
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