Criminal Defense

If you are on trial in criminal court, then the level of certainty that matters is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” The jury must acquit you if they think that you might be guilty as long as they have reasonable doubt about your guilt. Likewise, in civil lawsuits, the outcome depends on whether a preponderance of […]

When you are talking to the police about your criminal case, anything you say can and will be used against you, but when you are talking one-on-one with your criminal defense lawyer, the opposite is true. You can say anything, no matter how incriminating, up to and including an outright confession, and your lawyer is […]

Most criminal cases do not go to trial; a far more likely scenario is that the defendant will plead guilty before the prosecution starts its opening arguments. Some defendants plead guilty as soon as the judge asks them to enter a plea at the arraignment, while others start out with a not-guilty plea but change […]