Felony Defense

WEBVTT 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:11.380 Why it's crucial to work with an attorney who is experienced with felony cases is 00:00:11.405 --> 00:00:14.735 because when you're charged with a felony, you will be booked, 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:18.340 and you will have an initial appearance, and between that initial appearance and 00:00:18.365 --> 00:00:23.300 before your charges hit superior court, there is a gap in time that's crucial. 00:00:23.325 --> 00:00:28.960 That time is critical to getting your story to the prosecutor, and if not 00:00:28.985 --> 00:00:30.940 to the prosecutor, to the grand jury. 00:00:30.965 --> 00:00:35.940 No felony can go forward to superior court unless a grand jury indicts you, 00:00:35.965 --> 00:00:41.640 and one aspect that many attorneys don't utilize is having you 00:00:41.665 --> 00:00:44.380 represented at the grand jury. 00:00:44.405 --> 00:00:47.280 The consequences that you face with a felony conviction is loss 00:00:47.305 --> 00:00:48.540 of your civil rights. 00:00:48.565 --> 00:00:51.420 You lose your right to vote, lose your right to possess a gun. 00:00:51.445 --> 00:00:53.700 You can also go to prison. 00:00:53.725 --> 00:00:58.580 One way we can mitigate that is making sure that, that the state has 00:00:58.605 --> 00:01:01.300 collected the evidence against you. 00:01:01.325 --> 00:01:05.600 If not, we can go out and collect that evidence to show your entire story 00:01:05.625 --> 00:01:08.340 and not just one side of the story. 00:01:08.365 --> 00:01:12.490 We can also negotiate with the state for a plea that you 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:17.560 can possibly earn a misdemeanor or get a misdemeanor if you have a justification 00:01:17.585 --> 00:01:21.360 defense, also known as a self-defense, which there 00:01:21.385 --> 00:01:26.900 are many different types of self-defense, making sure that that part 00:01:26.925 --> 00:01:33.850 of your story is presented either to the grand jury or a judge or the jury, 00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:37.700 and either getting your case dismissed or getting you acquitted. 00:01:37.725 --> 00:01:40.620 There are a lot of attorneys out there that will say, 00:01:40.645 --> 00:01:44.420 that they can pick up a phone, and they're not scared to talk to a prosecutor. 00:01:44.445 --> 00:01:50.455 Being a former prosecutor, I not only know how that system and that office works, 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:51.660 I know what they need to hear. 00:01:51.685 --> 00:01:54.930 Not only that, I know what they want to hear. 00:01:54.960 --> 00:01:57.720 If you're looking for an attorney, the qualities that you should be looking for 00:01:57.745 --> 00:02:04.620 are one experience in that field of law, looking for an experienced criminal 00:02:04.645 --> 00:02:08.980 defense attorney, looking for somebody who has a passion for 00:02:09.005 --> 00:02:12.450 that field, looking for somebody who's listening to you, 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:15.495 that they are not only not afraid of calling the state, but making 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.760 sure that that call is effective.