Saturday, May 7, 2011

Criminal Defense - Felony Offense

I was charged with 3 felony counts of financial transaction card fraud and have been offered the pre-trial intervention program. Basically what happens is you plead guilty and then have to go through classes and be on probation for like 2 years and not get arrested any during that time and when its over your charges get taken off your record. That seems like a good deal because this is my first time ever being arrested but then again I do not want to plead guilty because I don`t think I am. What happened was and also what it says in my written statement is that my cousin called me once a week for about 2 months because she had been stealing her moms debit card and needed a ride to the ATM machine. So i would take her and she would get me to go inside for her because she said she didn`t want to be seen by anybody that knew her mama. So i would go inside and get how much she told me to get usually between 100 and 200 dollars and bring it back out to her then we would go to Mcdonalds and then i would drop her off and went home. She was also charged with the exact same thing, but i want to know legally am i guilty even though I did not benefit anything the whole time? And what is the best thing to do at the pre-trial intervention? Should i plead guilty and go through the program or plead not guilty and get a lawyer?


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Answered By Lawrence Lewis - Felony Offense Lawyer

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I hung a shingle in February 2000, because I saw that individuals charged with criminal offenses were being underserved by the attorneys practicing criminal law. Since February 2000, I have represented more than two thousand criminal clients. I only practice criminal law, but I do everything from violations of probation to Supreme Court appeals. There are few attorneys under the age of sixty that have my level of experience. I have tried more than two hundred major felony jury trials. I have tried more than fifty misdemeanor jury trials. In Philadelphia as a prosecutor, I tried more than two thousand bench trials. I have conducted more than three thousand preliminary hearings and bond hearings. Yet, I still have the energy at forty-five to serve my current clients. There is nothing that will occur in a courtroom that I have not experienced before. When you are looking for an attorney, experience is everything.