Represented thousands of clients throughout the Southeast
Schmutz represents Defendants in Federal Courts in West Virginia, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina
Charleston County General Sessions Court
3 day jury trial
Verdict – Not Guilty
Circuit Judge John Hamilton Smith
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Senior District Court Judge Soloman Blatt, Jr.
Prosecutor: U.S. Attorney E. Bart Daniel
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Co-Defendant represented by F. Lee Bailey
Charleston County General Sessions Court
Week long jury trial
Verdict – Not Guilty
Circuit Judge Cooper
Prosecuting Attorney: Spence Roddey
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Charleston County General Sessions Court
Circuit Judge Howard
Prosecuting Attorney: J. Robert Bolchoz
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Verdict—Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
US District Court Judge Falcon Hawkins
Prosecutor: U.S. Attorney E. Bart Daniel
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Sentence: halfway house and probation
2 day jury trial
Verdict – Not Guilty
Judge Joseph Mendelsohn
Prosecuting Attorney: Ira Grossman
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Abbeyville County General Sessions Court
3 day trial
Verdict – Not Guilty
Circuit Judge William Keesley
Prosecutor: W. Townes Jones
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
North Carolina
Prosecuting Attorney: Eugene T. Morris, Jr.
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Negotiated plea to Involuntary Manslaughter
Sentence – 18 months
Charleston County General Sessions Court
Circuit Judge Smoak
Prosecuting Attorney: Larry Todd
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz
Verdict—Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Charleston County General Sessions Court
4 day jury trial
Verdict – Not Guilty on all counts
Circuit Judge Markley Dennis
Prosecuting Attorney: Nathan Williams
Attorney for Defendant: J. Stephen Schmutz