Kentucky Montgomery Case Summary

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When [[Brian Cassidy]] was accused of raping ex-hooker Heather Riggs he tried the case without prejudice and was close to winning the case despite efforts by his lawyer Barry Querns to prove Brian's innocence. He called Heather, one of her former co-workers and Det. Amaro to the stand to present his case and eventually got Brian to say something incriminating on the stand. Eventually it was revealed that Heather was conspiring with [[Bart Ganzel]] to frame Brian and eventually sue the city and the charges were dropped. ({{SVU}}: "[[Undercover Blue]]")

When [[Nick Amaro]] is accused of shooting a kid named Yusef Barre without justification and while under the influence of alcohol Strauss is called to handle the case. Strauss impaneled a grand

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