A Cincinnati criminal defense attorney is one who represents a party that has been accused of the commission of a crime. In criminal law the accused is referred to as the defendant.
In criminal proceedings the defendant will have a defense attorney which will have been hired expressly to support the defendant or, should the defendant not have the means of paying for a private attorney, the state will supply him or her with one. In a criminal case there is no “person” per se that brings the charges, as crimes are considered to be against the state, the case is handled by another attorney called the prosecutor.
During the criminal court proceedings it is the express task of the Cincinnati criminal defense attorney to vigorously defend the client; the defense attorney will use the law to its limit in an attempt to cast doubt on the case brought by the prosecution. In the United States anyone who is accused of a crime is considered to be innocent until proven otherwise beyond a reasonable doubt. The defendant and his defense attorney do not have to prove innocence but the prosecutor has to prove guilt. If evidence exists that the defense attorney can use to exonerate the client it is the mandate of lawyer to bring this evidence into play.
The defense attorney must represent the client vigorously but there are limits on the attorney’s actions. A defense attorney for example cannot knowingly, this is the key word, place a witness on the stand in an effort to neither perpetuate a lie nor can the attorney knowingly lie to the court. For reasons such as this many defense attorneys do not want to know if the client is guilty because without this absolute knowledge the defense arguments can be much more flexible.
On the other hand there are times when the attorney will want to know the truth. When the defense attorney does know the truth the strategy that is developed can be directed toward putting the case in the best light in an n effort to mitigate the punishment. This approach is often taken when there is absolutely know doubt of the guilt of the accused. At times it is these types of cases where the Cincinnati criminal defense attorney and the prosecutor will get together and plea bargain in an effort to reduce the sentence when the case does come to court.
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