Criminal Defense Attorney
CurrentTrial lawyer and of counsel to the Criminal Defense Team of Baldwin Perry & Wiley, P.C.• Represented clients in Indiana courts accused of these crimes (not complete a listing): capital murder (x 3); triple murder (twice); murder; felony murder; voluntary manslaughter; attempted murder; reckless homicide; child molest; rape; criminal deviate conduct; sexual misconduct with a minor; possession and dissemination of child pornography; child exploitation; sexual battery; neglect of a dependent; gun and drug offenses; arson; armed robbery; criminal confinement; burglary; forgery; theft; auto theft; battery; domestic battery; stalking; escape; trafficking with an inmate; promoting prostitution; prostitution; Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated; felony OVWI causing death.• Trial experience includes 66 jury trials to verdict (52 felony; 14 misdemeanor) and thousands of other substantive court battles (evidentiary hearings, sentencings, bench trials).• 69% of his Mark's 36 jury trials tried since January 2009 have been wins (15 walk-away-not-guilty verdicts; 9 not-guilty verdicts on the most serious count and conviction of a lesser charge; 2 hung juries).• Appointed lead counsel in 2 capital murder cases (co-counsel in a 3rd) - all ending in clients leaving Indiana’s death row or not going there in the first place (2018-23). As co-counsel for one of those men, on death row for 21 years before his sentence was reversed by the 7th Circuit, helped negotiate a 110-year sentence (the lowest recorded sentence in Indiana history for a person convicted of triple homicide).• 1 of only 6 lawyers in the state of Indiana (currently reporting almost 16,000 licensed resident active attorneys) to be Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (2009 - Present).