Mr. Warren represented a man wrongly charged with narcotics trafficking when, under the law, he should have faced only a misdemeanor or low-level felony possession charge. The client was facing years in prison due to a critical error by law enforcement, who misunderstood the chemical structure of LSD and improperly combined the weights of two distinct substances. The State Attorney’s Office failed to catch the mistake and filed severe charges the client did not deserve.

After taking over from the public defender, Mr. Warren quickly uncovered the issue and brought it to the court’s attention. At the first hearing, the State corrected the charge and released the client to probation. By then, he had already spent 197 days in jail—on a case that likely warranted no more than 30. Without intervention, the client was on the verge of accepting a plea that would have sent him to prison for years.