TOP 6 DEFENSE STRATEGIES FOR ASSAULT IN TEXAS
Are you facing allegations of criminal assault? The Texas Judicial System imposes strict punishment for all violent crimes, including any form of assault. You could face long-term personal, professional, and financial damages if you convicted for an assault crime.
A criminal defense lawyer may employ several tactics to build an effective case to defend you against these charges. We reveal the top 6 criminal defense strategies for allegations regarding any form of assault, including simple assault, aggravated assault, domestic violence, and/or sexual assault.
1.) INNOCENCE
The claim that you are innocent seems like an obvious strategy to utilize in the courtroom. In the United States legal process, you are innocent until proven guilty. You lawyer’s job is to protect this innocence. A solid defense case that is centered around your innocence is developed through a collaboration of several methodical approaches.
Evidence may exist that could prove that you were in a different location at the time of the alleged assault. This could include witness testimonies, photo/video surveillance, receipts, etc. You criminal defense lawyer may be able to develop an alibi proving you are innocent.
2.) FALSE ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS
3.) SELF-DEFENSE
Self-defense is an effective strategy when there is evidence that without a reasonable doubt an assault occurred. Utilizing this defense strategy requires your lawyer to prove that without a reasonable doubt you acted to protect yourself from serious and immediate harm. Self-defense claims also require that you used only the amount of force necessary.
4.) DEFENSE OF PROPERTY
The Texas Justice System allows individuals to protect their property from harm. This defense strategy applies to situations in which the force used was necessary to prevent the occurrence of a crime, including trespassing.
This defense strategy may also apply to the use of force to regain personal property when the other individual has no right to the property.
5.) PROTECTION OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL
You are legally allowed to demonstrate force to protect other individuals from immediate and serious harm. The claim that you committed assault to protect another person is governed by the same stipulations applicable in self-defense cases.
6.) CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS
Proving that your constitutional rights were violated may allow your criminal defense lawyer to have charges lessened or even dismissed entirely.
EXAMPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT VIOLATIONS:
- Failure to read the defendant their Miranda Warning at the time of arrest.
- Illegal Search and Seizure
- Coerced Confession
- Failure to Follow Legal Procedures
GALLIAN FIRM
Building the most effective defense strategy to fight allegations of assault will depend on several unique factors in your case. It is in your best interest to hire an experienced, relentless defense attorney who has won countless assault cases and defends his clients as if his life depended upon it. Gregg Gallian is this attorney.
A former prosecutor who knows all the tricks the prosecution will throw at you Gregg Gallian has successfully defended even what appeared to be the most hopeless of assault cases. Contact Gallian Firm today and allow an experienced criminal defense lawyer to begin developing a defense strategy that can help you beat these assault charges.
