Orange County Criminal Law Attorney
Criminal law firm serving all of Orange County
Serious criminal laws address offenses committed by individuals who are considered a danger to society once convicted. In California, serious criminal offenses may carry severe consequences including:
- Death penalty
- Life in prison
- Harsher and extended prison terms for three-strikes offenses
- Probation
- Special circumstances sentencing
If you are facing serious criminal charges in the state of California contact the Orange County ciminal defense attorney of the Law Offices of Jeffrey H. Friedman to schedule a consultation regarding your criminal case.
Criminal law in Orange County
California is a death penalty state and may carry a death sentence in murder cases with special circumstances. A convicted defendant sentenced to death is remanded to Death Row in prison to await execution. If all appeals are exhausted without a reversal, the defendant is executed through either gas or lethal injection.
Many believe the death penalty to be cruel and unusual punishment. Despite countless attempts to overturn it, the death penalty remains a punishment in the California legal system.
In a particularly heinous or violent murder case, prosecutors often attempt to attach special circumstances to ensure a death penalty, including:
- Intentional murder for financial gain
- Murder with a previous conviction of first or second degree murder
- Multiple murders
- Murder during attempted escape or evading arrest
- Murder of an on-duty police officer, federal agent, or fireman
- Murder of a criminal witness to prevent testimony
- Retaliatory murder of a prosecutor, judge, or elected official
- Especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel murder
- Murder related to hate crime
- Murder during or directly after the commission of major felony
- Murder involving torture
- Murder by poison
Orange County criminal laws provide certain rights
Our legal system assumes your innocence, meaning you cannot be found guilty without the prosecution successfully proving intent and each element of the crime. A Orange County criminal law attorney defends your rights, including:
- Speedy and public trial
- Legal counsel
- To confront and cross-examine witnesses in person
- To present evidence and testify in your own behalf
- The right against self incrimination
- Protection from unreasonable search and seizure of your person, home, possessions, papers, and automobile
Contact the criminal law firm serving all of Orange County
At the Law Offices of Jeffrey H. Friedman, we assess the most effective approach in your Orange County criminal defense and stand by you from beginning to end. Contact us today and arrange a consultation to discuss your criminal case or call us at 714-505-0707.