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When you’re looking for a criminal defense attorney in Alaska what do you do? You go to the Internet and put in some search words and get some links.

It’s the way we find anything in this world. What’s difficult to know, however, is if the criminal defense attorney is experienced, affordable and can get you favorable results.

This is one of the most intense and serious decisions you may make in your lifetime. Your life and your rights are on the line. You can’t trust your defense to just anyone.

So here is the best way to know if Steve Wells is the best choice as your criminal defense attorney: Let’s look at his record:

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His most famous case to date was State v. Waterman, in which he represented Rachelle Waterman, a 16 year-old girl accused of conspiring with two men to kill her mother.

Despite a taped statement by Ms. Waterman, the jury hung 10-2 for acquittal. After the trial, the court re-considered the motion to suppress her statement and suppressed her statement.

The State appealed and the Court of Appeals largely affirmed the decision. The State prosecuted Ms. Waterman a second time and she was found NOT GUILTY of murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree and other serious charges.

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Most recently, he has:

• Obtained a dismissal on child pornography charges in a case involving almost 400 images
• Persuaded a court to suppress DNA test results in the first sexual assault case in Alaska that used Y-STR DNA testing;
• Persuaded a court to suppress a large amount of methamphetamine and over $40,000 seized in an unlawful traffic stop
• Persuaded a court to suppress six pounds of marijuana seized at the airport
• In a case involving multiple tape-recorded sales of heroin, negotiated a sentence that saved his clients literally decades in prison
• In a case involving multiple tape-recorded sales of crack cocaine, obtained a sentence of approximately five years less than what the government sought