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Georgia Major Felony Defense Lawyers
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Cumming, GA Criminal Defense Attorneys
When you're charged with a felony in Georgia, your personal freedom is at stake. If you want a chance of hearing the words "not guilty," you will need an experienced, detail-oriented, and persuasive Georgia criminal defense attorney on your case from bail to verdict. At Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC, we take the time to build powerful, persuasive defense cases for our clients, confronting the prosecution argument by argument.
Cumming, GA Capital Murder and Manslaughter Defense Attorneys
A major felony conviction in Georgia usually means years in the state penitentiary. If you're accused of a serious enough crime, the prosecutor may seek life in prison, or worse— the death penalty.
We will fight to reduce and refute all charges against you, protecting your freedom and your reputation.
Our Cumming, GA criminal law firm is staffed with major felony defense attorneys who help Georgia defendants with the following:
Homicide (first degree murder, second degree murder, felony murder), capital murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, attempted murder, assault with intent to kill
We defend people who are accused of causing the death—or deliberately attempting to cause the death— of another person.
In the State of Georgia, there is no statute of limitations on murder.
Rape, statutory rape, aggravated sodomy, child molestation
We defend people who are charged with felony sex offenses in the Cumming, GA area. "Aggravated" crimes, such as aggravated child molestation or aggravated sexual battery, are considered "violent felonies" in Georgia, which often invoke mandatory sentencing. Aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual battery both carry a mandatory minimum of 25 years imprisonment without the possibility of parole, followed by life-long probation. "Aggravated" stalking and "aggravated" battery carry a minimum of 1 year in jail or prison.
Our experienced Georgia criminal defense attorneys handle all cases related to: Felony assault, battery, aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts, stalking, aggravated stalking, cruelty to children and aggravated battery.
Assault is when someone threatens someone else with physical harm and presents the ability and intent to follow through with the threat.
Battery happens when a person intentionally inflicts actual bodily harm on someone else.
In the State of Georgia, stalking is the act of placing someone under surveillance, chasing, pursuing, or initiating other unwanted contact in order to harass him or her.
Child cruelty occurs when a parent commits an act of violence, such as hitting the other parent or punching a hole in a wall, in front of a child.
Kidnapping and false imprisonment involve holding someone against their will.
Drug crimes, DUIs, and narcotics-related felonies
Drug crimes are charged as felonies or misdemeanors; the charges depend on the type of substance and/or the amount of illegal drugs found in your possession when you were arrested. We seek alternative sentencing or reduced charges in all eligible felony drug crime cases.
Obstruction of Justice
We also defend people charged with various crimes related to obstruction of justice in Georgia, including resisting an officer, lying to the police, fleeing, jumping bail, attempting to elude, and perjury.
Arson
Arson is the act of willfully setting fire to something, causing property damage. The degree of felony depends on the degree of destruction cause by the fire. If the fire injures a person—perhaps an innocent bystander for a firefighter, Georgia criminal law considers this aggravated arson.
Robbery, burglary, armed robbery, theft by taking, theft by conversion, theft by deception, theft by shoplifting & auto break-ins
We defend people who are accused of taking large amounts of money or personal property from someone else. Commercial burglary and residential burglary occur when someone unlawfully trespasses on property with intent to commit a crime (usually theft). Georgia robbery penalties range from 1 to 20 years in prison; that number goes up for armed robbery. Theft is charged as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the value of what was taken.
Major Felony Sentencing in GA
In most cases, the existence or absence of prior felony convictions has a strong bearing on felony sentencing.
Second convictions often garner maximum sentences with no parole.
Call a Cumming, GA Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a criminal defense law firm, we are focused and thorough. We will assess your situation, examine every detail, and craft the best strategy for your defense. In the course of our own investigation, we will scrutinize the prosecution's "evidence" and prepare an outstanding and thorough defense.
If you are facing a serious felony charge in the Cumming, GA area, please call us now at 678-456-5393 or fill out our quick online contact form on the left side today. We represent clients in Metro-Atlanta, Northern Georgia and the surrounding areas of Cumming, Georgia which includes Forsyth, Cherokee, Cobb, Gwinnett, Hall, Fulton, Lumpkin and Athens-Clarke Counties as well as the cities of Sandy Springs, Woodstock, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Roswell, Dahlonega, Gainesville and Lawrenceville.
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