Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
Criminal
How can you win a case if there is no physical evidence of anything that someone is being accused of? Everything in the case is based on what a 10 year has said.
4 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Criminal
if the 10 yo is believed, then you lose - physical evidence is not mandatory but helps - if this is a sex assault, you need a good lawyer immediately and the lawyer should be answering these questions - I do those cases, but they are not cheap
Re: Criminal
To say that the defense of a case might be difficult and challenging is not the same as saying there is no defense.
Re: Criminal
Witness testimony can be very powerful, very persuasive. Your defense needs to be more powerful, more persuasive.
Re: Criminal
Yes, too often, unfortunately, a single testimony from an unreliable witness can be sufficient to convict.
Jacek W. Lentz, Esq.
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www.lentzlawfirm.com
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