The best time to retain a criminal lawyer is when you believe you are going to be charged with a crime. This is the point where an attorney can intercede with the police and the prosecutor to get information on what charge you are facing. If the prosecutor knows you are represented, then he will be very careful about making a charge and an arrest. Your attorney can hold the prosecutor to the letter of the law. Edward Norton spent 27 years in a Texas prison for a crime he did not commit because the prosecutor withheld key evidence which eventually cleared Norton. An attorney with experience knew what to go after and he found it.
Criminal Lawyers in Montgomery County know the laws affecting criminal charges and arrests. They also know the criminal court procedures. They probably have a working relationship with the prosecutor. An attorney will get professional respect from the prosecutor, but the accused will not get any respect. The ability of the attorney to discuss your case with the prosecutor may not result in any criminal charges, or it may result in a lesser charge than was planned.
If you are charged with a crime, it’s possible you may plead guilty if the charge is reduced. Criminal Lawyers in Montgomery County are good at negotiating plea bargains when the layman would not be so fortunate. The process is very much like a poker game with the jury verdict being the pot. The prosecutor is not always willing to play his hand out.
Occasionally, the Criminal Lawyers in Montgomery County will find a background check on a witness indicating the witness has a scandalous past or has falsified credentials. The witness claims to be an ex-police officer, but he has never worn a badge. A witness to a crime professes to have seen everything, but he has such poor eyesight that what he saw is meaningless. A number of incidents like this come up every day, and they cast doubt on the credibility of testimony of the witness.
The attorney’s skill at twisting the statement of the witness around to be less than what he told the police or the prosecutor is a great skill to use for the defendant. The Criminal Lawyers in Montgomery County are looking for “reasonable doubt” about whether you committed the crime.
