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Florida Criminal Defense Lawyer, Milton Hirsch
Representative legal cases

United States v. Antonio Vidal

United States v. Antonio Vidal involved the first time the United States government prosecuted against illegal sea bass trafficking. The case began in September of 2005 when Vidal was indicted for federal environmental crimes involving Chilean sea bass.  The indictment alleged that in May of 2004, Vidal tried to import approximately 53,000 pounds of fish from Singapore into Miami for sale in the United States, knowing that the fish were taken and transported in violation of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention. As a result of Mr. Hirsch’s diligent work on the case, the Department of Justice dropped all three counts of environmental crimes regarding the capture, transportation, and sale of sea bass.  In exchange, Vidal pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and served no jail time. He returned to his native country of Spain where he continues to operate his other fishing enterprises, and to pursue business interests unrelated to fishing.
 

State of Florida v. Wilton Dedge

Wilton Dedge, a Brevard County resident wrongly convicted of sexual battery, aggravated battery and burglary in 1982, was exonerated and released from prison in 2004 after post conviction DNA testing proved that he did not commit the crime he was accused of. Milton Hirsch, local counsel who worked on this case in conjunction with the Innocence Project and its executive director, Barry Scheck, was the first lawyer in Florida history to obtain DNA testing in a closed case. As a result, Hirsch successfully argued for the court to overturn Dedge’s conviction on grounds on innocence despite the State admitting in court that they would oppose Dedge's release even if they knew that he was absolutely innocent—the first of exoneration of its kind in Florida.
 

United States v. Pedro Guerrero

United States v. Pedro Guerrero involved the prosecution of a former major league all-star on drug charges. The prosecution presented audiotapes, eyewitness testimony, and Guerrero’s own confession. When Mr. Hirsch earned an acquittal on all charges, it was the subject of comment on talk shows all over America. Mr. Hirsch appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” and earned some humorous praise on the sports pages of the New York Post.
 

United States v. Pablo Camacho

This was the fabled “Mercado Cops” case, one of Miami’s most notorious criminal trials and the subject of a “60 Minutes” episode in which Mr. Hirsch was interviewed by Leslie Stahl. Mr. Hirsch was lead counsel, and the “Mercado Cops” were acquitted on charges of homicide and conspiracy to violate civil rights.
 

United States v. Rochambeau Dolcine

Mr. Dolcine, a Haitian business, was the lead defendant in an enormous multi-defendant drug conspiracy case. All other defendants were convicted on all counts; Mr. Dolcine – who according to the prosecutor was the “ringleader” – was acquitted on all counts. He remains a successful business man in Haiti.