State v. J. W.
A Wake County man was accused of first degree capital murder of his wife.  After a nine week trial, the jury rejected the state’s contention that the defendant committed the murder with premeditation and deliberation.

State v. B. A.
An undocumented Mexican national was accused of trafficking cocaine after a search of the home the man shared with several relatives.  After a vigorous challenge to the search warrant used to gain entry to the home, a superior court judge excluded the nearly six pounds of cocaine seized during the raid and dismissed the charges.

State v. J. S.
A Durham man was accused of second degree murder after causing the death of a young man while driving under the influence of alcohol.  The state used two prior charges of DWI as a basis to argue that the defendant’s decision to drive while impaired supported a conviction for murder.  The jury rejected the state’s call for a murder conviction and, instead, agreed with the defense and found him guilty of manslaughter.

State v. W. S.
W.S. was charged with the armed robbery of a convenience store in Durham, N.C. based on a store employee’s identification of W.S. from a photo line-up.  Amos filed a motion to exclude the photo identification procedure as unreliable.  A superior court judge agreed and excluded the identification procedure from evidence.  The charge was dismissed as a result.

State v. L. C.
L.C. was accused of armed robbery after being identified by two men from a photo line-up.  At trial, Amos vigorously challenged the procedures the officers used to create and present the photo identification procedure.   The jury acquitted L.C. after deliberating for less than thirty minutes.

State v. A. D.
A.D. was accused of shooting a Durham woman through the chest.  Amos aggressively challenged the identification procedures that led to eyewitness identifications.  A jury found A.D. not guilty.

State v J.C.
J. C. was charged with vehicular homicide.  During the jury trial, the prosecution presented several expert witnesses, including accident reconstruction and medical experts.  The jury acquitted J.C. after hearing from only one defense witness, who testified for less than five minutes.

State v. J. S.
Amos represented J.S. in a capital murder defense where J.S. was accused of killing his eight months pregnant girlfriend, cutting off her legs and stuffing the body in a barrel.  Many legal experts concluded that the case was almost certain to result in a death verdict.  After a nine-week trial in which the defense presented evidence that Mr. Stuart killed his girlfriend in a rage, the jury rejected the state’s plea for the death penalty and sentenced J.S. to life in prison.

State v. E. P.
Amos defended E.P. who was charged with attempting to kill her abusive husband by shooting him five times in a parking lot directly across the street from the Durham County Courthouse.  The shooting occurred after a court hearing related to the custody of their child.  E.P. was acquitted in June 2002.