Practice
Georgia state court and federal court, from the first subpoena through sentencing and appeal.
Federal criminal defenseFederal court is a different system, with different rules, different sentencing, and almost no discretion left by the time of sentencing.RICO and conspiracy defenseRacketeering charges turn association into evidence. Defending them means separating what a person did from what a group is alleged to have done.Murder and violent felony defenseCases that carry life sentences are prepared differently from cases that do not. Everything is contested, and nothing is assumed.White collar and tax defenseWhite collar cases are often decided by documents, and by what a person said before they knew anyone was listening.Appeals and post-conviction reliefAn appeal is not a second trial. It is a search for the specific error that changed the outcome, and it is won or lost on the record.Drug offense defenseDrug cases are built on stop, search, seizure, and cooperation. Each of those is a place where the government can be wrong.Firearms offense defenseFirearms charges are often added to another case, and they carry mandatory consecutive terms in federal court.Sex offense defenseThese cases are tried in public long before they reach a courtroom, and the consequences extend well past sentencing.
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