A jury found our client not guilty following a 3-day trial in Onondaga County.  Our client was facing a mandatory state prison sentence of up to 15 years.  Partner Clifton C. Carden, III and Senior Associate Brian N. Tedd led the trial team.  They convinced the jury there was reasonable doubt as to whether the client knew a gun was in the vehicle he was driving.  A lack of forensic evidence pointing to our client, as well as his innocuous behavior at the point of the traffic stop, left insufficient evidence for the prosecutors to meet their burden of proof, a point capitalized on at all critical phases of the case, from opening statements, through cross-examination and summation.