ABCD
Absolute Best Criminal Defense
Solicitation and Affirmative Defenses
Solicitation/Prostitution
If you are charged with a solicitation offense, Ms. Dodson will treat you with the utmost respect. Avoid risking a lecture regarding morality, and hire Ms. Dodson who will not judge you. Although a growing number of people disagree with the illegality regarding prostitution, the law still punishes this activity, so it is necessary to look within the law in order to defend your case. Ms. Dodson will fight hard to get your charges reduced, allow you to avoid jail time, or get the case dismissed.
Do You Have an Affirmative Defense?
Affirmative defenses include self-defense, defense of others, battered woman's syndrome, insanity, entrapment, and duress. They are distinct because they acknowledge that the accused committed the act, but they dictate the law excuses the conduct for particular reasons.
A lawyer must work hard to prove an affirmative defense. The burden shifts from the prosecution to the defense in such cases. If the defense does not prove that the requirements for the affirmative defense are satisfied, the prosecution will win a "guilty" verdict. This is because the defense has already admitted the defendant committed the act by presenting an affirmative defense. These defenses exist, however, because circumstances do arise when someone has a legitimate case. If you have an affirmative defense, it is crucial that you hire a lawyer who is willing to devote the time and investigation the execution of your case requires.
Self Defense
Non deadly force can be used when reasonably necessary to protect one's self from imminent, unlawful force. Deadly force may be used if a person is without fault, confronted with unlawful force, and threatened with imminent death or great bodily harm.
Battered Woman's Syndrome
This is a combination of self-defense and mental state. In California, women are allowed to present evidence of battered woman's syndrome to prove how reasonable it was for the defendant to believe that force was necessary and an attack was imminent.
Affirmative defenses include self-defense, defense of others, battered woman's syndrome, insanity, entrapment, and duress. They are distinct because they acknowledge that the accused committed the act, but they dictate the law excuses the conduct for particular reasons.
A lawyer must work hard to prove an affirmative defense. The burden shifts from the prosecution to the defense in such cases. If the defense does not prove that the requirements for the affirmative defense are satisfied, the prosecution will win a "guilty" verdict. This is because the defense has already admitted the defendant committed the act by presenting an affirmative defense. These defenses exist, however, because circumstances do arise when someone has a legitimate case. If you have an affirmative defense, it is crucial that you hire a lawyer who is willing to devote the time and investigation the execution of your case requires.
Self Defense
Non deadly force can be used when reasonably necessary to protect one's self from imminent, unlawful force. Deadly force may be used if a person is without fault, confronted with unlawful force, and threatened with imminent death or great bodily harm.
Battered Woman's Syndrome
This is a combination of self-defense and mental state. In California, women are allowed to present evidence of battered woman's syndrome to prove how reasonable it was for the defendant to believe that force was necessary and an attack was imminent.