Wynne, Smith & Young, PLLC recently secured three trial outcomes in Collin County—two jury acquittals and one matter ending in a hung jury—through defense teams led by Board-Certified criminal defense lawyers John Hunter Smith and Ryan Kreck.

In the first case, a prosecution for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child concluded in a hung jury after a multi-day trial; because the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict, no conviction was entered and, under Texas law, the State will determine whether to retry the case.

In a separate DWI prosecution, a Collin County jury returned a not-guilty verdict after the defense challenged the reliability and sufficiency of the State’s evidence within the court’s evidentiary rulings.

In a third trial—another charge of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child—a Collin County jury likewise returned a not-guilty verdict, reflecting the defense’s methodical engagement with the record, identification of inconsistencies, and focus on the State’s burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

These matters were tried by John Hunter Smith, Board Certified in Criminal Law since 2008, past President of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, AV-rated, and a multi-year Texas Super Lawyers honoree and Ryan Kreck, Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2021 and a course director for TCDLA’s Defending Those Accused of Sexual Offenses CLE.

Trial results in serious felony and misdemeanor cases turn on disciplined process—preserving legal issues, testing proof, and communicating reasonable doubt—not publicity; these outcomes underscore Wynne Smith Young’s trial-ready approach to high-stakes criminal allegations in Collin County and across North Texas.