What Is Your Defense?: How Your Defense Attorney Plans To Clear You

Being caught up in a major legal battle is probably everyone's worst nightmare. Despite what you know about your case and your position, you are powerless to defend yourself because you are not trained to do so. Hiring a defense attorney is the best thing you can do. Here is how a defense attorney will work to clear you of the charges brought against you:

Tell Your Attorney Everything

Tell your attorney everything, no matter how incriminating or damaging it may be. Your attorney cannot defend you if you hide details from them. Eventually, these details could come out in court if the prosecuting attorney does a really good job at digging around. When your lawyer does not know these details, they cannot be expected to do a proper job at defending you, so be sure to tell all. The client-lawyer privilege applies to everything you say, so you can relax and say it all.

Turning The Accusations On Their Heads

Whatever it is you are accused of, there is always a way to spin it such that a reasonable doubt is created. Since the purpose of going to trial is to create a reasonable doubt and thereby free you of the charges, this is the tactic your lawyer will most likely take. They will prep you for court and the possibilities of the many different directions the prosecution can come at you as well as the ways your attorney can turn it back around in your favor again.

Presenting You In A Positive Light

Another tactic your lawyer will take to defend you is to present you in a positive light. They will show the jury everything that is good and right about you, which includes:

• Any contributions to your community
• Your affiliations with charities or organizations that make a difference
• Character witnesses who can speak to your decency as a human being
• Your participation in your church

If you are accused of assault and battery or murder, this tactic may not work so well in your favor, unless this is your first offense. Your defense attorney will weigh your positives against your charges to see if they can present you in a positive light.

Proving Your Innocence 

Last, but not least, your lawyer has to prove your innocence. This includes the use of alibis, expert testimony, and any supporting evidence to prove you did not do what the prosecutor says you did. Circumstantial evidence is rarely enough to prove that you are guilty, especially if there is enough evidence to the contrary, and that is what your defense attorney will focus on in attempting to clear your name.

For more information, contact a defense attorney like Robert S Fisher P.C.