Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. This is the basis of justice. Hence if you have been accused of any crime, don’t despair. Just because you have been accused by the police does not mean the end of road for you. There are many cases where the assumption of guilt is based on false evidencesor the charges were brought against the accused with a malicious intent of framing him or her. So what is the best action that you can take if you have the misfortune of being accused of a crime in or around Harris County or Houston?

First and foremost, refuse to say a single word without the presence of your lawyer. Even a simple admission that you have been near the place of crime (even if for some other reason) can put you in jeopardy. So the moment police arrive to question you or ask you to come down to the station, ask whether you are being charged with any crime or not. If the police say that it is just routine questioning, then also insist that you contact your lawyer first.. It is your right to protect yourself and so never let anyone talk you into giving up this right. Remember, whatever you say may be recorded and later used against you in a court of law. So the best option is to take up the motto “Silence is Golden”.

If you have been accused of any crime in Harris County or Houston, then the first thing you should know is the nature of the crime and contact an attorney.  John M. Petruzzi, Attorney At Law, defends our clients aggressively and professionally regardless of the nature of the crime. So if you have been accused of DWI, juvenile crimes, sexual offenses or any other criminal offense in or around Houston, Texas, don’t delay in contacting an attorney. Sometimes, the accused delay in contacting the lawyer because they assume that they can get out of the problem if they say what they think is the truth. That is most dangerous thing to do; you will self-implicate yourself if you voluntarily give any kind of information to the police or the public prosecutor.

Any court of law will only find you guilty if your crime is proven beyond reasonable doubt. So never give them any information that will strengthen this doubt into a fact. Sometime people give up thinking that the evidences presented against them is absolute and they can’t fight them. But it has been seen many times in assault cases, drug offenses case or intoxicated assault cases, that the method of collecting evidence was faulty. Even DNA tests are not infallible; there have been numerous cases all over the country where innocents have been sentenced because there was a human error or some other kind of error in collecting and processing the DNA evidence.

We know it very well because Mr. John M. Petruzzi has been practicing law for more than 28 years! He served as Assistant District Attorney for Harris County and so he knows how a prosecutor especially those in Houston develop a case against a accused person. So if you choose him to represent you as your Harris Country Criminal Defense Attorney, you will get not only a very aggressive lawyer but also someone who knows what is going on in the mind of his opponent! He will find that clink in the armor and raise a doubt in the mind of jury and judge that there is a possibility that someone else committed the crime.

So if you find yourself in the other side of the law and need a Houston criminal lawyer or a Houston attorney, don’t delay a moment and contact us as soon as possible.

By: John Michael

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