Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Lawyer At Work: Putting His Legal Skills To Good Use

By Mario Perry


Whenever you find yourself charged with a crime you may or may not have committed, there is no other choice but to find yourself some help, particularly legal representation. What you need is a very good criminal defense lawyer. He will gather the data required related to the case and then make use of them through legal channels to orive that his client did not commit the crime. He may even have to go so far as twist the laws a bit in order to have the case against his client dropped.

The first order of business would be putting together a strategy of defense. This will be via access the case and the amount of evidence that works against the case, assessing its validity and influence. Looking at the evidence will enable the lawyer to fully understand the case and make it easier for him to devise a plan of action. The client would have to be informed by the lawyer if the chances don't seem too good. The attorney would not take that as a sign of giving up entirely, though. If he could not get an acquittal for his client, he would focus on getting the least possible amount of punishment that will be meted out by the courts.

Aside from the evidence gathered, precedents from previous cases that are similar to the current case will also be referred to when devising a strategy. Of course, the specific laws that apply to the case will also be used. Of course, the attorney would also get the side of the story of the client and make use of that information. The evidence will be weighed and evaluated. Those that have weight and leaning towards the acquittal of the client will be the ones to be employed by the attorney in the case. Weak evidence would have to be strengthened, and so more digging may be required. The attorney will be doing the digging to reinforce the evidence. He could get the evidence from different sources. He could also approach the valid eye witnesses and ask them what they saw.

Every good attorney knows that all those activities discussed should be done and accomplished before the case starts being heard in court. This is referred to as the pre-trial phase. During this phase, the attorney will cross-examine the client, employing all the resources he was able to accumulate. It will be like a simulation of the possible things that could happen when the client is finally made to appear in court in order for his case to be heard. The client will eventually be cross-examined by the prosecution, and this pre-trail activity will prepare him for what could happen during that period. He will know how to react when that time comes. During the pre-trial session, the lawyer will also formulate several theories of what might have lead to placing his or her client in this legal predicament and may even us some of these theories in the court.

There are times when, no matter how much work the lawyer put into the case, the results wouldn't be wholly positive. Any good lawyer will be able to tell if the chances are good or not, and be honest about it to the client. Then they will proceed to getting a lower degree of punishment for the client. On the other hand, when the case is lost, the lawyer will find legal means to file for an appeal so that he or she can still fight the justice system to prove that the client is not guilty.




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