Criminal Defense
Criminal Defense
From misdemeanor and felony defense cases, to juvenile defense and civil rights cases, there are many types of criminal defense cases. If you or someone you know has been arrested or charged with a crime, hiring an attorney is one of the first steps you should take. Santa Fe Lawyer Steve Aarons will explain to you step-by-step your case, strategy, and what to expect as the final outcome.
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Most criminal defense attorneys handle all types of criminal cases. Some of the more common types of cases that are charged in New Mexico are:
“The Defense Never Rests”
Mr. Aarons has devoted his entire legal career to criminal cases. For three years after law school he was a military prosecutor in German and, ever since, he has limited his practice almost exclusively to criminal defense. Even the Civil Rights cases are spinoffs of criminal defense cases involving police misconduct. If you or someone you know has been arrested or charged with a crime, hiring a criminal defense lawyer is one of the first steps you must take. A New Mexico criminal attorney should be able to give you some expectation step by step of what will happen in your case, and what to expect as a final outcome. In some cases the lawyer can push to get the charges dismissed, and in other cases the evidence of innocence is strong enough that you proceed to a jury trial and seek an acquittal on all counts.
When it is not a question of guilt or innocence, the attorney will negotiate with the prosecutor and the judge to seek a conditional discharge or deferred sentence where the charges are dismissed upon good behavior or Electronic Monitoring instead of jail or at least the shortest prison sentence possible under the circumstances. The role of the criminal defense lawyer is so important that the US Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New Mexico guarantee that every defendant in criminal cases will receive a lawyer for free if you cannot afford one.
There are many types of criminal cases. Most criminal defense attorneys handles all types of criminal cases, but we have provided a little more information as to some of the more common types of cases that are charged in New Mexico. You may want to read more information about:
