by Gilles Law | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Mandatory Minimums in Criminal Cases Often, people charged with a crime are willing to accept certain consequences, but one of the biggest points of concern is the amount of jail or prison time that they will face. When hiring a criminal defense attorney, the purpose...
by Gilles Law | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Jury Selection in Criminal Trials Jury Selection (Voir Dior) in Criminal Trials – When most people think about getting charged with a crime, they envision a trial, but that rarely happens. Most criminal cases that are not dismissed end with some sort plea being...
by Gilles Law | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Evidence in a Criminal Case Evidence in a criminal case – At least once a week we get a call from a potential client who says “this case will be easy, they don’t have any evidence”. “They don’t have any evidence against me so I don’t see why they won’t just...
by Gilles Law | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Why criminal cases can take a long time to resolve What is taking so long with my case? “I want to hire you because the lawyer I have right now is taking too long with my case, and he’s not doing anything to fix my situation!” We get that question, and or hear that...
by Gilles Law | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
The criminal victim – can a victim seek criminal defense services? Victim in a criminal case – As criminal defense lawyers, we typically deal with criminal defendants. But there is another class of individuals that criminal defense lawyers may provide services...
by Gilles Law | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog Posts, Federal Criminal Defense, NC Criminal Defense, SC Criminal Defense
Presumption of Innocence in Criminal Cases Presumption of innocence – There a lot of misquoted or misunderstood terms and policies with regards to criminal law that people usually get from watching television or seeing it on social media. Most of the time those...