Attorney Sheryl Shane has successfully defended clients in a wide range of serious criminal cases throughout her career. The examples below reflect just a portion of her accomplished record.

• CASE 434
  Client faced felony charges involving forgery, altering public records, tampering with DMV documentation, and forging a certificate of title. A jury trial was held and all charges were dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 578
  Initially charged with felony burglary, the client ultimately resolved the case by pleading to misdemeanor trespassing. No jail time was imposed.
  
  
• CASE 994
  Charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the client prevailed at trial through a motion to strike, avoiding a mandatory two-year prison sentence.
  
  
• CASE 315
  Client was acquitted of felony aggravated sexual battery.
  
  
• CASE 1010
  A motion to reconsider a felony conviction was granted, resulting in a more favorable outcome.
  
  
• CASE 915
  Felony probation violation and failure to appear charges were both dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 1283
  Felony controlled substance possession charge was dropped.
  
  
• CASE 417
  In a third-offense felony DWI trial at Circuit Court, the client was found not guilty.
  
  
• CASE 1689
  Client was found not guilty in a felony probation hearing.
  
  
• CASE 1943
  Charges of robbery and malicious wounding were reduced to grand larceny.
  
  
• CASE 716
  Felony drug possession charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 1141
  Grand larceny, possession of burglary tools, and intent to distribute charges were all reduced to concealment on the day of the jury trial.
  
  
• CASE 289
  Two felony eluding charges were dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 762
  A protective order violation charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 118
  Grand larceny charge was dropped.
  
  
• CASE 543
  Felony drug distribution and identity fraud charges were dismissed. Client pled to one count of public document forgery.
  
  
• CASE 893
  Several charges — including credit card larceny, fraud, and forgery — were dismissed. The client pled to one count of credit card larceny.
  
  
• CASE 919
  Charges of armed robbery and firearm use were reduced to unlawful wounding. Client received credit for time served.
  
  
• CASE 979
  Attorney Shane represented the client in a second felony probation violation. Client was found guilty but received no jail time and was released from probation.
  
  
• CASE 1105
  Jury trial resulted in a not guilty verdict for a robbery charge.
  
  
• CASE 1755
  Client was found not guilty by reason of insanity on multiple charges including attempted malicious wounding, felony destruction of property, and assault on officers.
  
  
• CASE 036
  Client initially faced mandatory five-year sentencing on felony drug and firearm charges. The case was amended, resulting in just a few months of incarceration.
  
  
• CASE 359
  Two felony failure to appear charges were dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 1383
  Client was found not guilty at trial on charges of attempted malicious wounding and assault.
  
  
• CASE 931
  A felony drug charge was handled through deferred disposition, with the potential for dismissal.
  
  
• CASE 779
  Client pled to one count of habitual false pretenses. Five felony charges were dismissed and no jail time was imposed.
  
  
• CASE PRIVATE
  Charge of strangulation was reduced to simple assault. Client was acquitted by jury.
  
  
• CASE PRIVATE
  Felony charge of assault and battery on a police officer ended with a not guilty verdict at jury trial.
  
  
• CASE PRIVATE
  Abduction charge was dismissed following a two-day trial.
  
  
• CASE 402
  Assault and battery charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 470
  Protective order violation was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 445
  Three felony marijuana charges were reduced to a misdemeanor. Client avoided jail time.
  
  
• CASE 248
  DWI charges and a civil refusal were both dismissed at trial.
  
  
• CASE 569
  Charges including burglary, destruction of property, and assault were dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 954
  Marijuana charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 079
  Marijuana charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 171
  Marijuana charge was reduced to a misdemeanor trespass.
  
  
• CASE 931
  Felony drug charge resulted in a withheld finding of guilt.
  
  
• CASE 019
  Second DWI within five years was reduced to a first offense. Client received credit for five days served and was granted a restricted license with unsupervised probation.
  
  
• CASE 8040
  Obstruction of justice charge was dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 929
  Reckless driving charge was reduced to defective equipment in Circuit Court.
  
  
• PRIVATE CASE
  Three felony grand larceny charges in Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court were dismissed.
  
  
• CASE 3142
  Underage alcohol possession charge was reduced to a Class 3 trespass — a better result than the client’s co-defendants.
  
  
• CASE 1780
  First-offense DWI/DUI charge was dismissed.
  
  

PRIVATE CASES
In two separate domestic violence matters heard in Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, both cases against the wife were dismissed.