KB was guilty of nothing more than the old adage, ‘no good deed goes unpunished.’ KB was leaving a bar when he saw two intoxicated adult males fighting in the street. KB attempted to intervene by breaking up the altercation. The police were called soon after. When the police arrived one of the intoxicated males blamed KB for the incident. As a result, KB was charged with reckless conduct. KB spoke with a few different criminal defense attorneys and after several consultations he retained Robert Callahan & Associates. We immediately began our investigation. Based on our findings we were confident that if this case went to trial we would win. However, we were able to get the charges dismissed without a trial. On the first day of court the complaining witness (the arresting police officer) was required to attend. When it was revealed that he was not in court the State asked for a continuance (a date in the future for the witness to attend court) we objected to the State’s motion for a continuance. The judge sustained our objection and the State dropped the charges. RESULT – RECKLESS CONDUCT – CASE DISMISSED
