CRIMINAL DEFENSE

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A misdemeanor charge for criminal conduct can result in your incarceration for up to eleven months and twenty-nine days.  Multiple misdemeanor convictions can increase sentencing for someone convicted of a felony.  It is in your best interest to consult with an attorney to keep misdemeanors off of your record.  What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime.

A felony is a criminal charge with a sentence longer than eleven months and twenty-nine days.  A felony is a serious criminal charge that, if convicted of, will result in you losing many rights and privileges. What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime.

Driving under the influence of an intoxicant- alcohol or drugs, could result in your loss of driving privileges and freedom.  You do not have to be physically driving on a roadway to be charged with a DUI.  If the courts determine that you are under the influence of an intoxicant and  in control of a vehicle, you can be convicted of a DUI.  It is important to immediately consult with an attorney if a police officer is considering charging you with a DUI or if you have been charged with a DUI.

A domestic assault conviction will cause you to lose some of your rights and privileges.  If a victim is strangled, severely injured or a weapon is used as a result of domestic violence, the charge can be increased from a misdemeanor to a felony.  When a police officer responds to an allegation of domestic violence the officer has a duty to separate the parties or charge and place a party in custody.  It is in your best interest to consult with an attorney before or immediately after being charged with domestic violence.  What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime.

From a charge of simple possession of or intent to manufacture or sell illegal drugs, the circumstances around the amount and setting can have an impact on whether you are charged with a misdemeanor or felony.  Scales, cash money, or other items in your possession with illegal drugs can result in an enhancement of your drug charge.  What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime.  Depending on where you are or for what you are using your property for during a drug related charge, you may lose your property if the courts determine that it was to further your drug related charge.  Consult with an attorney as soon as possible, and do not talk to anyone else about your drug related charge.

An assault and battery conviction can result in your loss of rights and privileges.  The charge of assault can you placing someone in fear of harmful or offensive contact.  A touching is not necessary for an assault charge.  A battery charge results from your unconsented harmful or offensive touching of another person.  What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime. If a weapon is used or someone is severely injured as a result of unconsented harmful or offensive contact, your criminal charge could be enhanced from a misdemeanor to a felony.  There are many defenses to an assault or battery charge that an attorney can defend you with.

An unconsented touching of another person for sexual gratification can result in you being charge with a sex related crime.  There are many circumstances around consent and the perspective of each party that can be considered in providing you with a defense against sex related charges.  What you say to a police officer or state agent, at anytime, will be used to prosecute you if you are charged with a crime.