If you are charged with a crime, then you definitely need a lawyer. Only an experienced attorney specified in the field of criminal law knows how to defend your rights.

1. Criminal Law:
Do I Need a Lawyer
When Charged with a
Crime?

2. Criminal law
A system of law concerned with
the punishment of those who
commit crimes

3. Felonies and Misdemeanors
Two types of crimes
Misdemeanors
• Petty theft
• Prostitution,
• Public intoxication
• Simple assaults
• Trespass,
• Vandalism, etc.,
Felonies
• Murder
• Rape
• Kidnapping
• Treason
• Arson,
• Robbery/burglary
• Fraud, etc.

4. Civil Court
• Money and debts
• Property, housing,
• Injury
• Marriage, and children
Administrative or
government agencies
• Denial of public benefits
• Traffic violations,
• Unemployment hearings and
workers compensation,
• Social Esquire, (SSI) benefits
• Discrimination and civil rights
violations

5. Criminal Court
The government files a case against
someone that committed a crime
• prove that the defendant
is guilty “beyond a
reasonable doubt.”

6. Do I really need a lawyer?
YES!!!!!!!
The advice of a lawyer is invaluable
Lawyers say, “he or she who
represents themselves
has a fool for a client.”

7. Read all you want: experience can’t
be found
In books you can find laws that define
crimes, fix punishments for their violations
and mandate courtroom procedures
• Cant compare to a lawyer that is specialized
in criminal law
It is much more than just knowing the law.

8. Innocents and fools
People get falsely accused of rape, murder, drug
possession, domestic violence, because of the negligent
mistakes of officers during the investigation process.
• people know that they are innocent, so they think they
can explain the events to the police and that would be it.
But it is not!!!