Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

When you appear in court for the first time, you'll be different from the other 50 people standing there, you won't be there! Your lawyer will appear on your behalf and at the first hearing will receive a police report and a copy of the formal charges. Then you and your lawyer can discuss the strength of the evidence, if any, the plea offer from the DA if any, and your lawyer can give you an assessment of your odds of winning if the case goes to trial. At the end of it all I predict you won't have a record, but this result does not happen automatically.

There is no way you will be convicted of this offense. The prosecutor will never go to trial, and a jury would never convict you. But....................

It will not happen without experienced counsel.

Feel free to call for help.

You can expect to have to defend the charges.

When arrested and charged with a crime, the proper questions are, can you be convicted, and what can you do? Defend the charges. Go to court, enter a not guilty plea, arrange bail reduction or OR, set up and attend the court hearing[s] and trial date[s]. File evidence suppression or other motions as applicable. Raise all the available defenses with whatever admissible and credible witnesses, evidence and facts are available for legal arguments for motions, plea bargaining, or at trial. Go to trial if it can't be resolved with motions or a plea bargain. There is no magic wand to wave and make it all disappear. If you don't know how to do these things, then hire an attorney that does, who will try to get a dismissal, diversion or decent outcome through plea bargain for you, or take it to trial. If serious about doing so, feel free to contact me. I�ll be happy to help you use whatever defenses you may have. If you can't afford private counsel, you can apply for the Public Defender.