Verdicts & Victories
Ms. McKenna’s willingness and ability to attack the prosecution’s case frequently allow her to achieve outstanding results for her clients. Below are just a few examples of their success.
- All
- Assault
- DRUG AND GUN CASES
- FALSE REPORTS
- FIREARMS
- HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
- SEX OFFENSES
Assault
Commonwealth v. D.E.
Ms. McKenna successfully challenged evidence recovered during a warrantless sweep of her client’s home after client had been arrested.
Motion to Suppress Granted
FALSE REPORTS
Commonwealth v. T.G.
Charges dismissed at a preliminary hearing where Ms. McKenna’s client was charged with making a false report to police officers that a felon was in possession of a firearm. Ms. McKenna successfully convinced the Judge that the government did not present evidence that the allegation was false.
Charges Withdrawn
FIREARMS
Commonwealth v. R.A.
Charges withdrawn where the government claimed Ms. McKenna’s client made an inculpatory statement during his arrest. Ms. McKenna reviewed all body worn camera footage pertaining to the case and showed the district attorney that the statement was never made.
Charges Withdrawn
FIREARMS
Commonwealth v. H.R.
Charges dismissed for lack of evidence at a preliminary hearing where client was accused of being in constructive possession of a firearm in a car with multiple passengers.
Charges Withdrawn
FIREARMS
Commonwealth v. E.C.
Motion to suppress granted in a juvenile case where a gun was recovered from Ms. McKenna’s client, who was a passenger in a car. Ms. McKenna convinced the Judge her client’s constitutional rights were violated and the police officers lacked reasonable suspicion and probable cause to search her client.
Motion to Suppress Granted
SEX OFFENSES
Commonwealth v. L.G.
Man charged with indecent assault for grabbing a woman’s buttocks. Ms. McKenna filed a motion to quash on the charges which the Judge granted. Case eventually withdrawn.
Charges Withdrawn
DRUG AND GUN CASES
Commonwealth v. K.H.
Motion to suppress granted where Ms. McKenna argued that police illegally stopped a man with no previous record and recovered a gun. All charges withdrawn.
Motion to Suppress Granted
DRUG AND GUN CASES
Commonwealth v. A.K.
Motion to suppress granted on a gun case where Ms. McKenna argued police officers lacked reasonable suspicion and probable cause to search defendant who was the front passenger in a car.
Motion to Suppress Granted
DRUG AND GUN CASES
Commonwealth v. M.K.
All charges withdrawn in a narcotics delivery case where Ms. McKenna notified the District Attorney’s Office that the lead officer on the case had been accused of misconduct which prevented him from testifying against her client.
Charges Withdrawn
DRUG AND GUN CASES
Commonwealth v. J.D.
Possession with intent to deliver jury trial where Ms. Mckenna used expert testimony to show the jury that the money possessed by her client did not match the drugs recovered from the alleged buyer.
Jury Verdict
Not Guilty Lead Charge
SEX OFFENSES
Commonwealth v. J.D.
Not guilty all lead felony charges in the brewerytown stalking trial where Ms. Mckenna successfully convinced the court that the evidence presented at trial by the commonwealth was insufficient to make out the commonwealth’s charges against her client.
Not Guilty
SEX OFFENSES
Commonwealth v. E.L.
Not guilty all charges in a rape of a child case where Ms. Mckenna successfully argued a misidentification defense after uncovering inconsistencies in the case through pre-trial investigation and cross examination of the complaining witness.
Jury Verdict
Not Guilty
HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
Commonwealth v. R.R.
Motion to suppress granted in homicide trial where Ms. McKenna convinced the court to exclude incredibly damaging cell tower location records because the police used an unconstitutional warrant to search the suspect’s phone.
Motion to Suppress Granted
HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
Commonwealth v. D.D.
Security guard charged with assault and faced losing his job and work license. We extensively investigated the case and found that the defendant’s actions were justified. Ms. McKenna set up a meeting with the District Attorney’s Office so that they could meet our client and his wife and hear their version of the events. After the meeting, the government withdrew all charges against our client.
Government withdrew all charges
HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
Commonwealth v. J.W.
Not guilty in a contempt/violation of a protection from abuse order case where Ms. Mckenna demonstrated to the court that the complaining witness had fraudulently doctored the evidence at issue in the case.
Not Guilty
HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
Commonwealth v. J.W.
Not guilty in a domestic aggravated assault/strangulation trial where Ms. McKenna used the results of her investigation to impeach the complaining witness with the witness’s prior text message statements and harassing phone calls.
Not Guilty
HOMICIDE and ASSAULT
Commonwealth v. A.S.
Jury trial on a stabbing case where Ms. McKenna used body worn camera and prior inconsistent statements of the complaining witness to expose the witness’s lies to the jury.
Jury Verdict
Not Guilty
FIREARMS
Commonwealth v. M.T.
Charges dismissed in a case where Ms. McKenna successfully argued her 20 year old client, who was charged with possession of a gun, was unconstitutionally excluded from the second amendment by the Pennsylvania gun laws.
Charges Withdrawn
Past performance does not predict future results. The facts of every case are different