The Nicholson Nugget September-October 2021

November 22, 2021

The Nicholson Nugget
September-October 2021, Issue 20


Gold Nugget

This is The Nicholson Nugget: the official newsletter of the Law Office of Mark Nicholson.  You can subscribe and read the full issue by clicking here.

We had another jury victory in a criminal case, and in a couple of civil cases, our clients won a nice financial settlement. Before all the action, I was able to take a much-needed vacation.


Criminal Jury Trials

This case was one of the worst cases of racial profiling and police cover-ups that I have seen in quite some time. An off-duty officer saw our client driving a fancy sports car in a high-crime area at 4 in the morning. She made an excuse to have her fellow officers pull him over, and instead of pulling him over, they ran their car into his car. The deadly maneuver is called a 
Pursuit Intervention Technique (PIT). After they searched his car and found nothing, they charged him for resisting law enforcement in a vehicle. In Indiana, that is a Level 6 Felony.

I told the jury that the government thought my client was something he was not. The government messed up, and now they are trying to cover up. The jury was out for about 15 minutes before returning a Not Guilty verdict for our client.


Civil Settlements

In two civil cases, one against a certain pancake franchise, we were able to win monetary awards for our clients.

If you would like to submit an article, please email me at 
mark@marknicholsonlaw.net


Take care, and we hope you had a Happy Halloween and were safe!


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