Criminal Defense
The accusation is not the proof.
Dallas has served as a City of Casper prosecutor, a Wyoming public defender, a special prosecutor, and a private criminal-defense lawyer.
That matters because the same evidence can look different depending on who is evaluating it, what must be proved, and what decision has to be made next.
Trial work at the highest stakes.
Dallas’s criminal practice has included homicide and other serious felony trials.
He has secured multiple acquittals in homicide cases. All but one involved self-defense; the other resulted in an acquittal based on an insanity defense.
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every matter depends on its own facts and law.
Dallas knows how a prosecution is built.
Prosecutors assess evidence and build a theory. Dallas also knows what can happen when that theory is tested against the full record, the governing law, and the people whose testimony must carry it.
That perspective is different from familiarity with criminal procedure. It comes from having made consequential decisions from opposing positions in the courtroom.
Test the government’s case.
A criminal defense begins by separating what is alleged from what can actually be established.
That may require examining how evidence was obtained, whether witnesses are reliable, whether the government’s theory fits the facts, and what assumptions have been made. It also means identifying lawful challenges and determining what a jury would actually be permitted to hear.
A charge tells you what the government alleges. It does not complete the analysis.
Decisions under pressure.
Not every important defense decision happens in a courtroom.
A case may turn on investigation, a motion, an expert, a witness, a negotiation, a decision to go to trial—or a decision not to act before enough is known.
Dallas prepares serious criminal matters with trial in view, even when the best result may be reached before a jury is seated.
Preparation creates choices; judgment determines which choice serves the client.
There is no charge for an initial conversation.