My client was facing old charges for possession of counterfeit money and possession of fentanyl. My client was worried that she would lose her job if she got convicted of the counterfeit money charge. I filed a motion asking the judge to place my client in a diversion program. The District Attorney objected. I was able to demonstrate that the client was actually a victim of domestic violence. She had called the police for help, and when they got there, they searched her bags and found the counterfeit money and drugs. The judge placed my client in a diversion program and ordered her to take a 4-hour drug class and a 4-hour anger management class. She completed those and the case was dismissed three months later.
