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Resolution For A Case

How To Decide The Best Resolution For A California Criminal Case

This is probably one of the most important questions in criminal defense because until you make that decision – what the best resolution is – you don't know what to go after. If the best resolution in your case is a jury trial and a not-guilty verdict, you know what you have to do. You put the investigation in. You put the time in, and you get the job done.

But if, on the other hand, you're not going to get a not guilty verdict in your case, then you're going to have to decide what the next best thing is. What can I hope for? What charge should I shoot for? What punishment should I shoot for?

This is something that has to be decided between you and your criminal defense attorney. This is one of the most important meetings I have with my clients. I say listen, come in.

We're sitting down, and we're deciding what we're going to do with this case. Then, we have a realistic conversation about what is possible and what we can expect to achieve in this criminal case. The way we do that is we lay out what our defense is going to be. We lay out what we can hope for, charge-wise.

We also look at you. We look at what we have to have. Sometimes, people can't have certain charges because it would destroy their career and their future. So, we have to talk about what's realistic and what we will try to achieve, and that's what I am here for.

This is why I have been doing this for twenty-five years. So, once we decide what we're going to shoot for – and of course, we're going to shoot for the best possible – then we can put our plan together to try to get that.

We're also going to have to have a backup plan. What if the prosecutor and the judge say, no, we're not giving you that, and you don't have a defense in the case? Then, you'll have to develop a secondary plan – something else you might want.

Once you have that secondary plan, you can implement it. So, once we have our plan, we will execute what needs to be done to achieve our goal.

Preparing Mitigation Package

Sometimes it's a mitigation package that needs to be set up in our case. Other times, instead of a mitigation package, we're going to need to do some more investigation in a case – to build some evidence to show the prosecutors that they might not win this case and they need to consider giving you what you want.

Other times, I will be setting up a meeting with the head DA, coming in there with all the ammunition necessary to get what we need and negotiate that resolution.

So, if you want the best result in your criminal case – you're trying to figure it out – you must do it through your criminal defense attorney. You hired that person. You trust that person. You paid that person money.

Let them help guide you through the criminal justice system so that you can end up with the best possible result in your case, and you need to be a part of that. It would be best if you were active. If your criminal defense attorney tells you to do something, you must do it. Could you get it done?

Do everything you possibly can to end up with the best possible result in your criminal case, move on with your life, and get out of the criminal justice system as fast as possible.

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