Homicide
When confronted with the difficult task of finding an attorney to defend against charges of murder or homicide it is critically important to locate an aggressive experienced attorney. Finding an attorney who has handled homicide cases many times before and also has a reputation for meticulous preparation can be important to the outcome of the case.
Long Beach criminal law attorney Matthew G. Kaestner has defended persons charged with murder for over 18 years. Since 2003, Mr. Kaestner has obtained outright dismissals on 6 murder cases. (Case names and numbers available upon request.)
In September of 2006, Mr. Kaestner achieved a virtually unheard of result for Juan Herrera who was a defendant on a murder case. Mr. Herrera was convicted of murder by a Long Beach jury in 1999. Mr. Kaestner took Mr. Herrera's case 2 years after Mr. Herrera was convicted by that jury and lost his appeal using other attorneys. Despite the almost hopeless situation, Mr. Kaestner re-opened the case in order to prove Mr. Herrera was innocent.
Mr. Herrera’s original lawyer failed to investigate the case competently. As a result, the evidence of Mr. Herrera's innocence was not heard by the trial jury. Mr. Kaestner went to the California Court of Appeal after the trial judge twice denied Mr. Kaestner's request for a new trial. The Court of Appeal forced the trial judge in Long Beach to hold a hearing to review Mr. Kaestner’s evidence that Juan Herrera's trial attorney was incompetent and that Juan was innocent. After serving six long years of a sentence of over 80 years to life, Mr. Herrera's conviction was reversed in December of 2005. Mr. Kaestner then prepared the case for re-trial. The District Attorney finally gave in and Mr. Kaestner won a complete dismissal of the case in September of 2006. Mr. Herrera is now a free man. (People v. Herrera, Long Beach case no. NA040331.)
On year prior, in October of 2005, Mr. Kaestner won a not guilty verdict in downtown Los Angeles on a first degree gang murder charge. The case originally charged special circumstances that carried life without the possibility of parole. The prosecution alleged that Mr. Kaestner's client was a gang member and the trigger man. The jury voted not guilty after four short hours of deliberation. The trial had lasted over two weeks. (People v. Treto, Los Angeles case no. BA263515.)
Mr. Kaestner has worked on murder cases since 1984 as a law clerk for a prosecutor's office. Mr. Kaestner successfully defended his first murder case in 1991. He as been defending clients charged with murder on a continual basis ever since 1991.
When faced with the devastating news that a murder or other form of homicide charges has been made against a friend or family member you need the immediate assistance of a criminal law attorney who has a with a proven record of winning homicide cases. Call Long Beach Criminal Law Specialist Matthew G. Kaestner directly at (562) 437-0200.
Long Beach's Criminal Law Specialist Matthew G. Kaestner is a criminal law attorney with over 23 years experience in all types of criminal law cases, including narcotics offenses, murder charges, white collar offenses, all felonies, DUI, domestic offenses, battery, and other serious criminal law matters.
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