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When It Comes to Felony Defense, Experience Counts
The consequences of a felony conviction can continue to impact you for the rest of your life. Due to the highly nuanced circumstances that accompany each criminal offense, hiring an experienced criminal defense attorney is crucial to the outcome of your case. With the right strategy, it may be possible to have your charges reduced to a misdemeanor offense or to have your case dismissed entirely. Contact us today for a free case review.
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Due to the highly nuanced circumstances that accompany each criminal offense, hiring a felony defense attorney is essential. It may be possible to have your charges reduced to a misdemeanor offense or dismiss your case entirely. Contact the Weinstein Legal Team today to discuss your case.
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There are many different types of felony crimes, and each charge requires an excellent defense to overcome the obstacles in court. According to Florida Statute 775.081, felony crimes are either first-degree felonies, which are the most serious, second-degree felonies, third-degree felonies, life, or capital felonies. They can encompass a wide range of offenses. Common felony crimes include:
Grand larceny or Grand Theft
Aggravated assault and battery
Drug manufacturing, sales, and distribution or trafficking
Weapons charges
Possession of Firearm by a convicted felon
Fraud
Tax evasion
Burglary
Forgery
Murder and manslaughter
Kidnapping and False Imprisonment
Arson
Statutory rape
Sexual Battery and Sexual Assault
Lewd and Lascivious Molestation
Crimes involving minors, elders, or disabled individuals
Hate crimes
Animal cruelty
And more
Additionally, some crimes can be either misdemeanors or felonies, depending on the circumstances surrounding the case. Examples include repeat DUI offenses, aggravated stalking, and more. Due to the highly nuanced circumstances that accompany each criminal offense, hiring a felony defense attorney is essential. It may be possible to have your charges reduced to a misdemeanor offense or dismiss your case entirely. However, you need an aggressive lawyer fighting on your behalf to protect your rights.
Penalties for Felony Crime
Felony crimes are distinctive from misdemeanor offenses because convictions carry much harsher consequences. For this reason, you must have a felony criminal defense attorney helping to prove your innocence. The consequences of a felony conviction can impact you for the rest of your life, making it challenging to find employment or housing from a landlord, as the criminal offense will stay on your record permanently. Additionally, felons lose their right to vote in government elections, must turn in their firearms, and have other restrictions placed on their daily lives. When you add this to the potential prison time, fines and court fees, and subsequent probation terms that convicted felons must often serve, you can see that there is too much to lose by taking your chances in court alone. Having a felony defense attorney is crucial to fighting your case and protecting your freedom.
First-Degree Felony Penalties
First-degree felony charges are among the most serious and carry the most severe penalties. First-degree felony offenses include crimes such as murder. The potential prison sentence is thirty years with up to $10,000 in fines, with another thirty years of probation.
Second-Degree Felony Penalties
Second-degree felony convictions can land you in prison for up to fifteen years and also carry up to $10,000 in fines. You can also face an additional fifteen years of probation.
Third-Degree Felony Penalties
In the state of Florida, a third-degree felony conviction carries a potential penalty of five years in prison and up to $5,000 and five years of probation. Third-degree felonies are the least serious classification of a felony crime in the state of Florida.
Life and Capital Felony Penalties
Life and capital penalties are the most serious charges requiring a felony criminal defense attorney. In the state of Florida, a capital penalty is punishable either by the death penalty or by a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. A life felony charge is punishable by life in prison and $15,000 in fines. Whether you are facing charges for a first, second, third-degree, life, or capital felony, you must hire aggressive criminal defense lawyers to represent you. With such steep consequences and so much to lose, you need a felony defense lawyer who will fight tirelessly to prove your innocence and protect your freedom.
Defenses for Felony Crime in Florida
There are many possible defenses for a felony crime, and an experienced felony defense attorney will know which methods to employ in court. First, is making sure that law enforcement did not violate any of your rights during the investigation, arrest, or questioning process. If this is the case, the evidence gathered may not be admissible in a court of law. Other possible defenses for felony crime include:
Insanity
Self-defense
Mistake of fact
Duress, or having committed the crime under threat of another individual
Insufficient evidence to prove guilt
Intoxication
Lack of intent
Lack of knowledge of the crime or its legality
alibi defense
mental illness
Additionally, it is often possible to get felony charges reduced when you plead out on a lesser charge. Your felony criminal defense attorney may be able to negotiate a deal with the prosecutor's office, allowing you to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for dropping the felony. This is often a preferred route as it may allow you to avoid the significant prison time associated with a felony conviction. When you plead guilty to a misdemeanor, you will not lose the right to vote and likely will not need to forfeit your firearms.
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