Do I need a lawyer for my criminal case?

Even if you are a lawyer, you need a lawyer for your case. If you are accused of a crime, you have a very special problem. The criminal justice system is not a living room filled with friends and relatives where you can admit your faults, hash out a penance, and expect forgiveness. The prosecutor may very well take advantage of your naivet and saddle you with a punishment that you don't deserve. He does not represent you and is not likely to care about your work schedule, child rearing responsibilities, drivers license needs or desire for a clean criminal record. Certainly your claims of innocence will fall on deaf ears if it contradicts what is written in his police report. Only an experienced criminal lawyer can navigate you through the mine fields of the criminal justice system.

Contact a Houston Criminal Defense Attorney from our firm as soon as possible if you have been arrested or are under investigation.

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