Criminal Law
Court Strikes Portions of Oklahoma Methamphetamine Offender Registry Law
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals this week struck down portions of a law that requires people convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes to submit their names to an Oklahoma methamphetamine offender registry. The portions of the law declared unconstitutional make it a crime for those on the registry to purchase psueduephedrine, or for anyone else to […] Read more »
For Criminal Defense Attorneys, Devil is in the Details
A marijuana case decided this week in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals emphasizes why it is important for criminal defense attorneys to carefully research witness backgrounds and recognize appellate issues even before a criminal case goes to trial. The case involves a retired truck driver facing five years in federal prison over six duffel […] Read more »
Felony Child Abuse by Injury Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing
Today I can announce a tremendous victory achieved for a Wirth Law Office client last Thursday. Our client was facing the possibility of life behind bars after being charged with felony child abuse by injury. He had been held in jail unable to make a six figure bond since June. Then last Wednesday (September 5, […] Read more »
Attorney-Client Privilege Violated by District Attorney?
The Attorney-Client Privilege The attorney-client privilege allows people to disclose sensitive matters with their attorney without fear of the information being used against them. As it is imperative that clients be truthful and forthright with their lawyer, the attorney-client privilege is a necessary tradition in the legal world. Lawyers can be punished for violating their […] Read more »
Felony Charge Dismissed
Wirth Law Office’s client was charged with six (6) counts of Obtaining Money by False Pretense in October of 1996. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but the warrant was never executed. Fourteen years later, the client finds out about the case for the first time and retains the Wirth Law Office. Normally the […] Read more »Motion to Suppress Granted
Today Tulsa attorney James M. Wirth was successful in getting all incriminating evidence suppressed in a criminal case in Tulsa County District Court. Wirth Law Office’s client was charged with Endeavoring to Manufacture Methamphetamine. However, the police obtained incriminating evidence by entering a Tulsa home without a warrant. At the preliminary hearing, Mr. Wirth and […] Read more »Two Dismissed Cases this Week
The Wirth Law Office successfully argued for dismissals in two unrelated criminal cases this week. First, on Wednesday, Mr. Wirth convinced the prosecutor to dismiss a Malicious Injury to Property case, without the client ever having to be arrested or processed on the then active warrant. Then on Friday, Mr. Wirth obtained a dismissal in […] Read more »
