ELLIOTT & ASSOCIATES, Ltd. has been involved in numerous criminal cases over the years on behalf of the individuals charged by the government with having committed a crime.     In many of these cases we have been successful in either proving that the person charged with the crime did not do it, or we developed information with which to mitigate the circumstances:

A Young man who had been charged in Bernalillo County with MURDER, had the charges reduced after our investigation showed that the man was in fact defending himself from Gang Members who had chased him through the streets of Albuquerque and cornered him on the Interstate.   We were able to identify and locate numerous witnesses that the police had ignored and told to move on.   The police told these witnesses that they already had enough eye witness accounts.     The young man ended up entering a plea of Guilty to discharging a firearm within the city limits.

A young man was charged in Bernalillo County with numerous counts of  AGGRAVATED BATTERY/ASSAULT as a result of a drive-by shooting at a residence in the south valley of Albuquerque after witnesses placed him at the scene.    Our investigation proved that the Defendant was not at the scene and in fact the witnesses were attempting to implicate the man so he could be convicted and sentenced to the state penitentiary where he was to be targeted for murder.   The District Attorney DISMISSED all charges pending against the man.

In Rio Arriba County New Mexico a young man was charged with MURDER based upon statements by the state's star witness.   During the course of the jury trial, evidence developed by our investigation showing that the state's star witness was in fact the person responsible for the killing was introduced.   The Jury was out for a very short time, before returning with a verdict of NOT GUILTY.     It didn't hurt our case when we were able to show police misconduct in the state's investigation.    During the initial interrogation of our client at the state police office, the State Police Agent conducting the interrogation, after reading our client his constitutional rights under Miranda, proceeded to identify another man in the room as our clients public defender.       The other man who was identified to our client as his public defender was in fact the Assistant District Attorney who was preparing a search warrant and criminal complaint in the case.

A young man was charged with TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE in Bernalillo County.   The Defendant maintained that he had been the victim of entrapment.     Our investigation determined that an audio recording of the transaction had not been turned over to the Defense by the government.    The Trial Judge listened to the audio recording in camera and then ordered the government to turn it over to the Defense.   The government refused and the Judge DISMISSED all charges against the Defendant.

A women who was a corporate officer of a local company was accused of EMBEZZLEMENT of company assets and money.   Our investigation showed that the lady was in fact the target of a Machiavellian plot by her brother-in-law, wherein the brother-in-law paid money to have co-conspirators  make deposits into her bank account and then come forward with incriminating statements in order to disgrace the woman in the eyes of her family and have her removed as a corporate officer.      The woman was cleared of all allegations and Brother-in-Law was removed from the company.