Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: check forgery and fraud under strain

Due to the surrounding circumstances, we can certainly help you. Please contact my office at 310/277-1770 so that we may discuss your legal options and how our alternative sentencing can help you, along with our interventionist counselor.

Re: check forgery and fraud under strain

Thanks for your posting, and I'm sorry to hear about what you went through.

As you know, it's the prosecutor's burden of proof to prove the case against you. Even if you admit to the police or the prosecutor that yes, indeed, you forged the document, you still have mitigating factors that you've described that go towards arguing for a lighter punishment, not a heavier one (as you know each crime has a minimum and a maximum).

If you can't afford an attorney the court will make a determination on whether or not you qualify for the services of the public defender, so don't worry about paying for an attorney. However, I might recommend that you make a free consultation with me or as many private attorneys as you can. Not only will you get a good idea of your defenses, and what you are looking at, you may find that attorneys are not as expensive as you think, as some of us take low payments and can help you out in many different ways.

I hope this helps -- but if you have any questions, please feel free to email my office, or call me directly, toll free, at 1-877-568-2977. Best of luck to you.