Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer

Being Charged with a Crime

One of the most important things you can do to win your case is to stop talking. When you talk to the police about any portion of your case you may already be giving up strategies that could win your case. For example, explaining that you were at the scene of a crime, but saying that you were not involved in the crime, may not help you. It may be that your attorney decides that the police cannot even put you at the scene, much less prove your involvement. But, by telling the police that you were there and not involved, you have given up the right to make the police prove that you were there to begin with. Now, your trial becomes about the fact that you say were not involved, when it could have been about proving that you were even there.

Defending Against Criminal Charges in Dallas

Do not waste time to contact a Dallas criminal defense lawyer early before you get arrested and charged. Most people wait until the police arrest them, charge them and they have a court date before calling lawyers. This is a bad strategy. Often, a lawyer who gets involved early in a case will be able to avoid the charges being filed in the first place.

Once you are in a courtroom, a prosecutor has already been assigned to your case and guess what their job is? That is right, prosecute! And who are they going to prosecute now? That is right, you! This means that your case has already begun to take the downhill toward a trial. Your lawyer now has to prepare for and perhaps have a trial in your case to fight the prosecutor who wants to prosecute you.

Trials are expensive, time consuming and do not produce certain results. That is why if your lawyer can avoid the prosecutor's ability to go to trial by preventing charges from being filed, you may save thousands of dollars and a lot of stress. At Mathur Law Offices, our legal team has been successful at totally avoiding charges from being filed time and time again when a client calls during the investigation. Sometimes a good lawyer who gets involved early can get a case dismissed. Dismissals happen three ways:

1. An agreement by the prosecutor and defense attorney to dismiss the case
2. A judge dismisses the case because of insufficient evidence to go to trial, such as a witness not showing on the date of trial or certain evidence being inadmissible
3. A defense attorney moves for a dismissal because of a legal defect in the case.

If a case is brought to a lawyers attention early after the events leading to the accusation occurred, the lawyer will have a better chance at all three forms of dismissal. Our office has been particular successful at dismissals in all three ways; you can be confident knowing we will go the distance to protect you.

For legal representation in your criminal case, contact a Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer at our firm as soon as possible.