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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Matthew Sokoloff

A jury in Luzerne County PA. returned not guilty verdicts on all felony counts charging sexual assault of a child. The jury was hung on two misdemeanor counts.

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Mr. Whitted was charged with first degree murder, third degree murder and various lesser charges. The Commonwealth alleged that Mr. Whitted stabbed and killed a driver after an incident at a red light in West Brunswick Township. Mr. Nenner argued that the prosecution failed to prove first and third degree murder and also argued that the jury consider self-defense because his client was scared for his life after an aggressive road incident with the decedent. The jury returned a NOT GUILTY verdict on the first degree murder charges and was unable to reach a verdict on the third degree murder charge.

Commonwealth v. Shelton

Mr. Shelton was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, illegal firearm possession, etc. The Commonwealth alleged that Mr. Shelton shot and injured a man at a bar in North Philadelphia. Mr. Nenner obtained a NOT GUILTY jury verdict on all charges after presenting an alibi witness at trial and also presenting witnesses who tested that the actual shooter was not Mr. Shelton, but someone who looked like Mr. Shelton.

Commonwealth v. Anderson

Mr. Anderson faced murder and attempted murder charges after an incident in Northeast Philadelphia involving Anderson’s sister’s boyfriend and the boyfriend’s roommate. The DA’s office originally offered a plea deal of 40-80 years in prison. Mr. Nenner prepared the case for trial, and after picking a jury, Mr. Nenner negotiated a revised offer of 12-24 years.

Commonwealth v. Washington

Mr. Washington faced two dozen charges, including murder, conspiracy, aggravated assault, robbery and various firearm charges, in connection with a shooting in North Philadelphia. At trial, Mr. Nenner successfully presented a self-defense argument and attacked the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses. The jury returned a NOT GUILTY verdict.

Commonwealth v. Anderson

Mr. Nenner’s client was charged with murder and gun charges in connection with a shooting and killing of a male on Arch Street near the 5600 block of Ithan Street in Philadelphia. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after deliberating for twenty minutes. The jury believed that Commonwealth’s identification witnesses were discredited through cross examination and that it was physically impossible to observe the shooting from their vantage point.

Commonwealth v. Rolle

Mr. Nenner’s client faced first degree felony sexual assault charges and was accused of raping his next door neighbor. The neighbors had a history of problems including an earlier incident which led to the accused’s wife filing a private criminal complaint against the alleged victim and her husband. The trial lasted one week and the jury found Mr. Nenner’s client NOT GUILTY of all charges including rape and sexual assault.

Commonwealth v Jabir Kennedy

Mr. Nenner’s client faced one count of first degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and various assault and gun charges. Mr. Nenner presented a self-defense argument, and the jury returned a NOT GUILTY verdict on all charges. The case was featured in a Philly.com article.

Commonwealth v. Prince and Commonwealth v. Timmons

Mr. Nenner represented co-defendants in a shooting death in North Philadelphia. Both cases were ultimately dismissed. The case was featured in a Philly.com article.

Commonwealth v S.T.

Mr. Nenner’s client was a Philadelphia area woman who was charged with Criminal Attempt-First Degree Murder, Aggravated Assault and other charges. Mr. Nenner presented a self-defense argument, and the jury returned a “not guilty” verdict after a 7 day trial.

Commonwealth v. E.L.

On June 5, 2015, David S. Nenner obtained an acquittal for a Philadelphia man who was accused of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, and gun charges. The trial judge granted Nenner’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal on all charges except two gun charges.

A Philadelphia court suppressed drug evidence obtained during a traffic stop. The officer testified that the car was pulled over due to a faulty tail light. Mr. Nenner presented evidence that the car was in perfect working condition. He called the owner of the car and presented maintenance documents, including a recent state inspection, to show that the “broken tail light” was merely a pretext to pull the car over. The judge agreed and suppressed the evidence. As a result, the prosecution withdrew the charges.

David S. Nenner obtained an acquittal for a Philadelphia man who was accused of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, various firearm offenses and Possession of an Instrument of Crime. Mr. Nenner was able to show that the victim had previously lied to police and the Grand Jury.

David S. Nenner obtained an acquittal for a Philadelphia man who was accused of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, various firearm offenses and Possession of an Instrument of Crime. Mr. Nenner was able to show that the victim had previously lied to police and the Grand Jury.

Philadelphia criminal attorney, David S. Nenner, secured the release of Amin Speaks after serving two years in jail for a murder he did not commit.

In a racially charged emotional murder trial the juvenile defendant was acquitted of murder. The black male defendant was tried as an adult for shooting to death a white seventeen year old victim in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia. Almost all of the defendants’ companions testified that the defendant committed the murder.

A Philadelphia area man was allegedly observed by the victim’s neighbor shoot and kill his childhood friend. The law firm’s investigation uncovered that the female neighbor was two blocks away at the home of her girlfriend at the time of the shooting. The girlfriend and her mother confirmed this essential fact. The defense suggested that the female neighbor’s uncle, another friend of the defendant and victim, committed the homicide. The uncle left town immediately after the killing. The client was acquitted of all charges and released from prison.

A twenty- five year old male overcame testimony from a co-conspirator and cooperating government witnesses in Federal court. The jury deliberated for two hours determining that the defendant was not guilty of all charges.

In a federal drug case, the accused denied that he voluntarily participated in a drug deal initiated by a government informant. The presiding jury was split and refused to convict the defendant.

Two north Philadelphia men were accused of missing their intended target and fatally wounding a young mother and paralyzing her toddler son. The target and child’s father was a thug who had numerous enemies.

Mr. Nenner’s client was charged with multiple crimes (murder, conspiracy, aggravated assault, robbery, etc.) after a shooting death occurred at a gambling house in North Philadelphia.

At trial, Mr. Nenner successfully presented a self-defense argument and convinced the jury that the two witnesses for the prosecution could not be believed. Mr. Nenner’s client was found NOT GUILTY.

Mr. Anderson faced murder and attempted murder charges after an incident in Northeast Philadelphia involving the shooting death of Anderson’s sister’s boyfriend and the boyfriend’s roommate who was shot 5 times and survived. The decedent had previously beaten the sister and threatened to kill her brother. The DA’s office originally offered a plea deal of 40-80 years in prison. Mr. Nenner prepared the case for trial, and after picking a jury, Mr. Nenner negotiated a revised offer of 12-24 years, which was accepted by the client.

See Commonwealth v. Laron Anderson.

Mr. Akil Jones was arrested for murder and various firearm charges in connection with the shooting death of a young man in West Philadelphia. The Commonwealth used two eyewitnesses at trial.

By using crime scene photos and effective cross examination of the two alleged eyewitnesses to the murder, Mr. Nenner was able to establish that these witnesses could not have witnessed the murder because they were one block away on Ithan Street, which runs perpendicular to Arch Street (where the shooting occurred).

The eyewitnesses in their first statements to Philadelphia Police homicide detectives represented that they heard but never saw the shooting or shooter. In their second statements to homicide detectives one witness told police that he heard the shots and ran to the corner of Ithan and Arch where he witnessed Mr. Nenner’s client jump into a vehicle holding a firearm. While there was a video which showed two vehicles take off quickly after the shooting, there was no physical or scientific evidence that linked the client to the shooting.

The jury deliberated for a mere 20 minutes before returning to the courtroom with not guilty verdicts.

Information Filed: 11/25/2019

Jury Trial: 4/28/2021

Not Guilty Verdict: 4/30/2021

A Philadelphia court suppressed drug evidence obtained during a traffic stop. The officer testified that the car was pulled over due to a faulty tail light. Mr. Nenner presented evidence that the car was in perfect working condition. He called the owner of the car and presented maintenance documents, including a recent state inspection, to show that the “broken tail light” was merely a pretext to pull the car over. The judge agreed and suppressed the evidence. As a result, the prosecution withdrew the charges.