Anthony was facing 22 years, and ended up entering a plea to a simple Misdemeanor, and was sentenced to probation. This was after a trial resulted in a hung jury.

The Santa Barbra Sheriff's undercover narcotics unit arrested Anthony for Distribution of Cocaine. I tried this case with my great friend from the Trial Lawyer's College, Neil Levinson. Anthony was facing a minimum sentence of 22 years because of the quantity of crack cocaine, and because he had a prior conviction for distributing cocaine. He could not testify because under California law his prior would have been admitted.

Our defense was that the police framed Anthony and planted the cocaine in his home. After five days of trial the jury was hung and a mistrial was declared. Anthony eventually pled to a misdemeanor possesion charge and received probation