If your Michigan criminal defense attorney makes any promises or guarantees, they are not the right lawyer for your criminal case!
Here's the question:
What will be the final outcome of my case? Beware of an attorney who promises a certain outcome to your case; this attorney still has information to gather, and is making this statement based upon limited knowledge. This is a dangerous way to practice criminal law, and is both dishonest and unethical. A good attorney can only promise to do his or her best job in defending you. Sure an attorney may be able to predict different outcomes based upon his/her experience, but a promise or a guarantee is unethical.
When you look for a potential Michigan criminal defense attorney, tell him or her everything that you think is relevant, and then some. Something that you dismissed as a minor detail might make all the difference in your case. Most importantly, be honest. You have nothing to fear. Except in rare cases, if you are talking to an attorney face to face, even before he or she has decided to take your case, you already enjoy attorney-client privilege. This means that nothing you say could ever be used against you. If you ever have any doubt that your communication with the attorney is “privileged,” you should simply ask.
Here's the question:
What will be the final outcome of my case? Beware of an attorney who promises a certain outcome to your case; this attorney still has information to gather, and is making this statement based upon limited knowledge. This is a dangerous way to practice criminal law, and is both dishonest and unethical. A good attorney can only promise to do his or her best job in defending you. Sure an attorney may be able to predict different outcomes based upon his/her experience, but a promise or a guarantee is unethical.
When you look for a potential Michigan criminal defense attorney, tell him or her everything that you think is relevant, and then some. Something that you dismissed as a minor detail might make all the difference in your case. Most importantly, be honest. You have nothing to fear. Except in rare cases, if you are talking to an attorney face to face, even before he or she has decided to take your case, you already enjoy attorney-client privilege. This means that nothing you say could ever be used against you. If you ever have any doubt that your communication with the attorney is “privileged,” you should simply ask.