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Idaho Falls, USAAdvantage Legal Services PA
Stephen A. Meikle
Attorney at Law
Attorney at Law
Phone:
208-524-3333
Fax:
524-6199
Criminal Defense Video
BE SMART-LAWYER UP
If you are being questioned, summoned to court, or a detective or officer wants to talk to you, it’s probably not to sell you tickets to the policeman’s ball. It’s to gain any information to incriminate you or develop evidence to use against you. Ask to talk to a lawyer first. You don’t want just any lawyer. You want a tough and experienced criminal defense lawyer who will not judge you or will tell you to just plead guilty without a fight. Your future is too important to waste it by talking to the cops or using a generic attorney.
If you are being questioned, summoned to court, or a detective or officer wants to talk to you, it’s probably not to sell you tickets to the policeman’s ball. It’s to gain any information to incriminate you or develop evidence to use against you. Ask to talk to a lawyer first. You don’t want just any lawyer. You want a tough and experienced criminal defense lawyer who will not judge you or will tell you to just plead guilty without a fight. Your future is too important to waste it by talking to the cops or using a generic attorney.
Criminal Defense LawPlead NOT GUILTY and remain silent. Do not talk to the cops or detectives or prosecutor. Get in to a good experienced criminal defense attorney to review your important and valuable constitutional rights. My initial consultation is free. I have aggressively defended folks with felonies for the past 25 years at affordable rates.
BE MINDFUL OF THE CONSEQUENCES
Felonies are serious nightmares and not a misdemeanor or minor charge. You could face probation, local jail time, and extended prison time which restricts your freedom of movement and choice of friends. So, get help to get the charge(s) dismissed or reduced to misdemeanors with little or no jail time, depending on the circumstances. Some cases resolve without formal or informal probation.
COURT PROCEEDINGS
If you are reading this, you have already bonded out or have been released to pretrial services. If you are helping someone else, I can direct you to good local bonding agents and/or seek a pretrial release without bond. The first hearing is an arraignment, just advising you of the charge(s) against you and setting a date for preliminary hearing (within 14 days if you are in jail, 21 days if you are not). The preliminary hearing is when the state has to show enough evidence to move you up to district court for arraignment (plea), pretrial conference (to discuss the case) and trial by jury. You have a number of important constitutional rights including the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures and the Fifth Amendment right to counsel before you make a statement after you are detained (not free to go) or arrested. After the arraignment we look close at filing motions to exclude evidence based on violations of your constitutional rights.
