Verdicts & Victories
- Homicide and Assault
- Narcotics and Firearms
- Robbery and Burglary
- Sex Offenses
- All
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. A.S
Jury Trial on a stabbing case where Ms. McKenna used body worn camera and prior inconsistent statements of the complaining witness to expose the witness’s lies to the jury.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.W
NOT GUILTY in a domestic Aggravated Assault/Strangulation trial where Ms. McKenna used the results of her investigation to impeach the complaining witness with the witness’s prior text message statements and harassing phone calls.
NOT GUILTY
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.W.
NOT GUILTY in a Contempt/Violation of a Protection From Abuse order case where Ms. McKenna demonstrated to the Court that the complaining witness had fraudulently doctored the evidence at issue in the case.
NOT GUILTY
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. T.S.
Man accused of murdering his cousin and the attempted murder of three other people when he got into a shootout with the security guards outside a South Philadelphia club.
NOT GUILTY OF ALL MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER AND ASSAULT CHARGES.
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. D.D.
Security guard charged with assault and faced losing his job and work license. We extensively investigated the case and found that the defendant’s actions were justified. Ms. McKenna set up a meeting with the District Attorney’s Office so that they could meet our client and his wife and hear their version of the events. After the meeting, the government withdrew all charges against our client.
Government withdrew all charges
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. D.M.
Man caught on video shooting a man 13 times outside a West Philadelphia gas station.
NOT GUILTY OF ALL MURDER and MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES.
Homicide and Assault
Grand Jury Representation
The federal government subpoenaed our client to testify before a grand jury in a 20 year old murder investigation. Feeling that his testimony could possibly incriminate him, at our direction, our client exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. The U.S. Attorney’s Office attempted to compel his testimony. After a hearing and motions on the matter, a federal district court judge agreed with us and found that our client did not have to testify. The federal government was forced to stop harassing him.
Homicide and Assault
Common v. K.L.
Man charged with the killing of his brother and the attempted murder and robbery of another individual. The defense convinced the government that K.L. could not legally be charged with the murder of his brother. In exchange for waiving his preliminary hearing all murder charges were dropped against K.L. The government still intended to proceed on the robbery and attempted murder charges. We, however, discovered that the lead detective on the case was corrupt. After we obtained grand jury testimony regarding the detective and his actions in another case, the government withdrew all charges against K.L.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. J.D.
Possession With Intent to Deliver Jury Trial where Ms. McKenna used expert testimony to show the jury that the money possessed by her client did not match the drugs recovered from the alleged buyer.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY LEAD CHARGE
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. N.J.
Motion to Suppress granted on gun case where Ms. McKenna convinced the judge that police stopped defendant without reasonable suspicion or probable cause.
ALL CHARGES WITHDRAWN.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. M.K.
All charges withdrawn in a narcotics delivery case where Ms. McKenna notified the District Attorney’s that the lead officer on the case had been accused of misconduct which prevented him from testifying against her client.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. E.F.
Man facing a new gun charge and years of jailtime on a state parole violation. CASE DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE after Mr. Walker argued that the government had taken more than a year to bring him to trial and violated Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600(A).
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v . M.S.
MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED for an undocumented immigrant in a gun case where Mr. Walker exposed the police officers’ lies through cross examination.
ALL CHARGES WITHDRAWN.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. K.H.
MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED where Ms. McKenna argued that police illegally stopped a man with no previous record and recovered a gun. All charges withdrawn.
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. E.L.
Not Guilty all charges in a Rape of a Child case where Ms. McKenna successfully argued a misidentification defense after uncovering inconsistencies in the case through pre-trial investigation and cross examination of the complaining witness.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. J.D.
Not Guilty all Lead Felony Charges in the Brewerytown Stalking Trial where Ms. McKenna successfully convinced the Court that the evidence presented at trial by the Commonwealth was insufficient to make out the Commonwealth’s charges against her client.
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. C.B.
Man facing a 10-20 year mandatory sentence for sexually abusing a child. Prior to trial, Mr. Walker discovered key government documents that the District Attorney failed to find and turn over in discovery. The documents indicated that the child’s own mother originally told authorities that the child routinely lied to her and that she did not believe the allegations of abuse. The defense provided the government with the documents and all charges were WITHDRAWN on the day of trial. C.B. avoided a 10-20 year sentence and a life time of Megan’s Law reporting.
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. K.S.
Man accused of robbing an individual at gun point. K.S. was arrested minutes after the robbery and identified. Mr. Walker successfully argued that it was a case of mistaken identification.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. A.O.
Man sentenced to 5-10 years in prison for a gunpoint robbery. Mr. Walker filed an appeal contending that the sentence was illegal. Both the Superior and Supreme Court agreed that the sentence was illegal.
The case was remanded back to the trial court for a new sentence and A.O. received time served followed by probation.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. D.L.
Man accused of selling narcotics directly to a police informant. Motion to Reveal the Confidential Informant – GRANTED.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. J.C.
Man accused of selling narcotics from his home.
Jury Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. K.H.
Man accused of delivering 150 grams of powder cocaine. Motion to Quash – GRANTED
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED prior to trial
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. W.C.
Man accused of possessing heroin with the intent to deliver. Mr. Walker secured a video tape from the scene and caught illegal police conduct on tape. The police were unaware of the video and lied under oath. Mr. Walker presented the tape during the Motion to Suppress. Motion GRANTED.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. H.G.
Mr. Walker subpoenaed the custodian of records from AT&T to show his client possessed a phone, not a gun and that he was on a call when the police chased him.
Jury Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. S.D.
Man accused of possession of 106 packets of crack cocaine with the intent to deliver. Motion to Suppress GRANTED.
ALL CHARGES WITHDRAWN
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. T.R.
Man accused of possessing a gun and making a statement admitting to possessing the gun. Motion to Suppress both the statement and the gun GRANTED prior to trial.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. Q.H.
Man accused of shooting shot gun on the roof of a house.
DISMISSED for lack of evidence prior to trial
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. J.M.
Man facing 1-2 years for 5th D.U.I.
DISMISSED prior to trial pursuant to Rule 1013
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. D.B.
Man accused of possessing 8 pounds of marijuana and a gun inside his home. Mr. Walker convinced the judge that the police unlawfully searched the house without a warrant.
MOTION TO SUPPRESS GRANTED – ALL CHARGES WITHDRAWN
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. M.G.
Man accused of selling narcotics and giving the police a false name.
Motion to Suppress GRANTED – ALL CHARGES WITHDRAWN
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.S.
Man accused of stabbing another man in the face. The police arrived on the scene and saw J.S. with a bloody knife, and J.S.’ son, swinging a chain at the complainant.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY OF ALL WEAPONS & ASSAULT OFFENSES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. T.M.
Man charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses for allegedly shooting an individual in a drive-by. Another lawyer originally handled the case and the jury hung 11-1 to convict. Mr. Walker handled the retrial.
Jury Verdict
ACQUITTED of ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. C.L.
Man charged with assaulting his daughter on school property.
DISCHARGED lack of evidence at the preliminary hearing
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. G.E.
Man charged with punching and kicking two Philadelphia police officers.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Sex Offenses
Juvenile Matter
Juvenile accused of sexually assaulting another juvenile, his cousin. Mr. Walker argued that the defendant was under the age of ten at the time of the alleged incidents and therefore could not be prosecuted.
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. J.S.
Man accused of raping a woman at knife point.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. D.L.
Man accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. D.L. was facing a Third Strike (a mandatory 25 years to life in prison). Mr. Walker interviewed three witnesses that the Commonwealth had overlooked. After Mr. Walker provided the Commonwealth with the witnesses’ statements, the prosecution WITHDREW ALL CHARGES against D.L. on the day of trial. When the judge asked the prosecutor why they were withdrawing the charges, she responded , “We have ‘reasonable doubt issues.'”
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. C.C.
Man identified by 3 students as the person who robbed them at gun point.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
United States v. H.W.
Man accused of three federal gunpoint robberies.
He was ACQUITTED by a federal jury of two of the three robberies, despite the fact that co-defendants testified against him in all three cases.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. L.C.
Man accused of selling narcotics from a car. Mr. Walker convinced the jury that the police had lied about what they saw. Years later those same officers were indicted on federal corruption charges.
Jury Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. L.R.
Man charged with illegally possessing a weapon and selling narcotics. Mr. Walker subpoenaed the police officers’ employment records and discovered the police had lied about which officers were present at the time of the arrest, and who performed the search of the client’s vehicle. Mr. Walker provided the District Attorney’s office with the information.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.W.
Man accused of possession of two guns. Mr. Walker convinced the judge that the police had fabricated the reason for the car stop. Motion to Suppress GRANTED on credibility grounds.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.M.
Man accused of possessing a gun and selling narcotics to an informant. The defendant was arrested in Philadelphia but the case was initiated by Buck’s County Authorities. Mr. Walker argued that the case was being prosecuted in the wrong county. The judge agreed.
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED on jurisdictional grounds at the preliminary hearing.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. G.M.
Man facing 5-10 years mandatory for possession with intent to distribute pills and PCP. Mr. Walker requested that the actual jar of PCP be brought to court. After seeing the broken jar of PCP, the judge didn’t believe the police officer’s testimony. Motion to Suppress GRANTED.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.B.
While patrolling North Philadelphia on a summer night, police claimed to have seen the defendant throw a gun on the ground. The police recovered the gun.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. J.G.
Man accused of illegally possessing a hand gun in his vehicle. Mr. Walker realized that the Commonwealth had previously prosecuted his client for traffic citations. He successfully argued that the prosecution for the gun violated his client’s right not to be prosecuted for the same crime twice. Motion to Dismiss on “Double Jeopardy Grounds” GRANTED.
ALL CHARGES DISSMISSED
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. T.S.
Man accused of conspiring to sell three pounds of marijuana.
DISCHARGED LACK OF EVIDENCE after preliminary hearing
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. F.T.
Man accused of ambushing and shooting an individual.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. S.F.
Man accused of assaulting a Philadelphia Correctional Officer.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.M.
Man accused of attempting to shoot a police officer.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. D.M.
Man accused of stalking, threatening and harassing his ex-girlfriend and violating a protection order.
Judge Verdict
ACQUITTED by a judge of ALL CHARGES
Sex Offenses
Juvenile Matter
Teenager accused of raping his ex-girlfriend. Mr. Walker argued that the sex was consensual
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Sex Offenses
Commonwealth v. B.D.
Man was accused of raping his girlfriend’s four-year old stepson. He faced a 10-20 year mandatory prison sentence and a lifetime of Megan’s Law reporting. Mr. Walker showed that the child had been coerced into lying by his father and grandmother and that the child was being used as a pawn by the family. The father wanted to get B.D. arrested so he could restore his relationship with the child’s mother.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. C.S.
Man accused of stealing items from college fraternity house and caught outside with food allegedly from within the house.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. M.J.
Woman accused of aggravated assault and robbery for allegedly jumping another woman and beating her and taking her valuables.
Judge Verdict
ACQUITTED BY A JUDGE OF ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. S.K.
Man accused of burglarizing 16 homes, stealing vehicles from the homes and setting the cars on fire.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. B.C.
Man accused of hiding drugs and a gun in his room. Motion to Suppress Evidence GRANTED.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. J.H.
Man accused of selling drugs and possessing a gun in a house. Mr. Walker argued that the gun and the drugs were someone else’s, despite the fact that his client’s I.D. and mail were found in the same room.
Jury Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. B.C.
Man accused of illegally carrying a gun and pills in his vehicle. Mr. Walker argued that the police had unlawfully searched under the hood of the car without a warrant and in violation of his client’s rights. Motion to Suppress GRANTED.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.W.
Man in vehicle accused of illegal possession of a gun. The DA finished calling the police officer to the stand and rested his case. Mr. Walker surprised the DA and called the other arresting officer to the stand. Their stories did not match, and Mr. Walker argued that they were lying. Motion to Suppress GRANTED on credibility grounds.
District Attorney WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to trial.
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.G.
Man facing 5-10 mandatory for possession with the intent to deliver heroine.
Judge Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. F.F.
Man accused of carrying a rifle in a pick-up truck.
DISCHARGED lack of evidence, after a preliminary hearing
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. C.B.
Man accused of sleeping at red light in his car with $800, two cell phones, and 18 grams of cocaine on his lap.
Jury Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Narcotics and Firearms
Commonwealth v. R.A.
Man accused of selling narcotics to a confidential informant.
Judge Trial
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.E.
J.E. was accused of possessing drugs and multiple guns, as well as attempting to kill an individual. After a two hour preliminary hearing, where an FBI informant testified against J.E. and his co-defendants, Mr. Walker argued that J.E. was not part of a conspiracy to kill anybody and that J.E. possessed neither drugs nor guns. The judge agreed with Mr. Walker and discharged the entire case.
29 CHARGES DISMISSED for lack of evidence after the preliminary hearing
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. T.S.
Man accused of hitting a woman with his car and breaking her arm.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. T.K.
Woman accused of stabbing a woman in the head and a man in the hand, outside of a West Philadelphia school.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. W.B.
Man accused of attempting to kill his two neighbors by shooting and injuring them at close range.
Jury Verdict
ACQUITTED by a jury of ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. D.F.
Man accused by civilian and an off-duty Philadelphia police officer of shooting an individual outside a North Philadelphia club.
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. D.T.
Man and a friend accused of aggravated assault for allegedly beating a juvenile.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. B.C.
Man accused of attempting to injure a police officer and a civilian by driving his car at them at over 90 miles an hour.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. M.H.
Employee of the City of Philadelphia charged with aggravated assault for punching, kicking and using a taser on a woman.
Judge Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.M.
Man identified by two witnesses as the person who murdered and robbed the victim. Both eyewitnesses personally knew the defendant, but Mr. Walker argued that the witnesses had lied and concocted a story falsely implicating his client.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.V.
Man accused of shooting and injuring an individual in a bar fight. The Philadelphia Police and the FBI claimed that the video equipment in the bar was inoperable. Mr. Walker hired a computer forensic expert to examine the video. The expert found that the equipment was operational and contained some footage from the night in question. Mr. Walker then argued that the video had been spliced by owners of the bar, removing critical footage, showing that J.V. acted in self defense.
Jury Verdict
ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. E.M.
Young man accused of ambushing a drug house and shooting an individual in the face. Mr. Walker located a videotape establishing his client’s alibi.
Prosecution WITHDREW ALL CHARGES prior to the preliminary hearing
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.R.
Man accused of killing a man by shooting him several times in the back and head.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. A.O.
Man charged with a “cold case” murder. The defendant’s DNA was discovered on a hat found at the scene, and he was arrested 15 years after the incident. Mr. Walker argued that the defendant was attacked and had acted in self defense.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Homicide and Assault
Commonwealth v. J.E.
Man was accused, along with three other defendants, of murder, kidnapping, torture and abuse of a corpse. After a month long capital jury trial, Mr. Walker’s client, J.E., was the only defendant found NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES
Robbery and Burglary
Commonwealth v. D.B.
Young man accused of ambushing a drug house and shooting an individual in the face. Mr. Walker located a videotape establishing his client’s alibi.
Jury Verdict
NOT GUILTY ALL CHARGES