Client vindicated - NOT GUILTY!

In the early morning hours of August 21, 2006, Mr. Sergio Robles was seen walking down a dark stretch of highway 6 in Santa Fe, Texas in what was to begin a two and-a-half year ordeal. When police arrived to "investigate", they claimed that Mr. Robles "resisted arrest" and proceeded to slam all 130 pounds of him on to the top of the police car. Then, like a rag doll, the two officers whose combined weight was over 500 pounds, threw Mr. Robles to the ground and proceeded to beat him with their fists, and even used unauthorized weapons to cause as much pain and harm as possible. Had they taken the time to ask even minimal questions, they would have learned that he was a recently diagnosed schizophrenic whose father had died three days earlier and because of the trauma, he had not been taking his medication. Mr. Robles was in a florid schizophrenic state at the time and did not know where or even who he was. Shockingly, Officer Eric Bruss and Sgt. John Gates of the Santa Fe, Texas Police Department in less than 2 seconds of contact, mistakenly assumed he was intoxicated and when Mr. Robles did not move or respond quick enough to their instructions, he was beaten and charged with assault on 2 peace officers and 2 counts of resisting arrest.
Thus began a two year ordeal of police lies, attempts to conceal evidence and the brutal beating and barbaric torture of Mr. Robles. In an effort to cover their savage beating and subsequent torture of Mr. Robles, police refused to turn over the videotapes of the incident for over 1 and-a-half years and charged him with assault on a peace officer, 2 counts.
Once the videos were finally turned over, after being ordered to do so by a district court judge or be held in contempt, the felony charges were dismissed, and the Mr. Robles was only charged with one count of resisting arrest.
Last week, after 2 and 1/2 years, Mr. Robles finally had his freedom and dignity returned to him.
The trial team of Kelly W. Case, Paul Damico and Susan Case were happy to give Mr. Robles his life and dignity back and will be requesting the District Attorney of Galveston County to look into charges of perjury for the false testimony that both officers provided during the course of the week long trial.
You can read about the story in the Galveston Daily Newspaper.
Based on the barbaric beating and subsequent savage torture of Mr. Robles while he was in police custody, a federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed and is currently pending in the Federal District Court for The Southern District of Texas.