Vancouver Criminal Lawyer
In addition to helping you deal with any criminal charges, your criminal lawyer also helps you make changes in you life to make sure you don’t wind up in jail again.
As soon as a police officer starts investigating you, you should hire a criminal lawyer. Decisions made in the beginning of an investigation can have dire consequences later on in the trial. If you are under investigation or have been arrested, you should hire a criminal lawyer right away.
Vancouver Sexual Assault Lawyer
Sexual assault convictions often lead to jail sentences. A sexual assault conviction on your record has many long-term consequences, including on vulnerable sector criminal record checks, registration as a sex offender for years, and in some cases cannot be eligible for record suspensions (a.k.a. pardons). You may have difficulty crossing the US border. The consequences of a sexual assault conviction can last well beyond any sentence imposed.
Yes. Experienced criminal lawyers often beat sexual assault charges at trial. Johnson Doyle’s lawyers have had success defending sexual assault charges at trial and on appeal. Your criminal lawyer needs to develop a strategy early on to ensure the best chances of success in court.
Vancouver Domestic Assault Lawyer
Domestic violence can be hitting someone, uttering threats to a person’s safety or their property, or even just moving towards someone during an argument. At Johnson Doyle, we deal with domestic violence murder charges as well. If the complainant is an intimate partner, the charge will be treated as a domestic violence charge by the Crown prosecutors and by the Court.
