Defending Clients Charged with Assault or Homicide
If you have been charged with a violent crime in New York's Hudson Valley, call an experienced trial attorney who knows how to hold the prosecution to its demanding burden of proof. Contact the law firm of Jonathan R. Sennett, P.C., to learn more about your legal options.
It's not that easy to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in assault cases
In the eyes of the law, you're innocent unless and until the prosecution carries an extremely heavy burden of proof — guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Your presumption of innocence is your most powerful weapon in defense of any criminal charge, particularly violent crimes. At our law firm, we analyze the specific charges and the evidence against you to assess whether or not the government will have the ability to prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Our goal is not to find the compromise plea that you and the prosecution can both live with. Instead, our objective is to defeat the government's case. We go to work right away to expose the weaknesses in the case against you in order to force an early dismissal or make your strongest possible defense before the jury.
We put the presumption of innocence to work for you
Jonathan Sennett's extensive trial experience means that the jury will hear early and often about every gap in the evidence, every inconsistency in a witness's story, and the continuing doubts about the government's case that encourages the jury to find you not guilty.
We represent people charged with a variety of crimes of violence including:
- Homicide and murder charges, including manslaughter, vehicular homicide, or charges of aiding and abetting or accessory to murder
- Assault charges ranging from simple assault to attempted murder or assault with depraved indifference
- Weapons offenses such as criminal possession of a weapon or criminal use of a weapon
- Armed robbery or carjacking
It's not that we take assault and homicide cases to trial just for the fun of it. A trial of a felony charge is a high-risk proposition, and the price paid for a lawyer's mistakes is measured in years of imprisonment. In most situations, if we get a chance to resolve a felony charge with a misdemeanor plea, we will recommend that you take it if it is in your best interests. While I cannot guarantee an acquittal for you, I will work hard to aggressively protect your rights.
To learn more about your legal alternatives in the face of serious criminal charges, contact Kingston defense attorney Jonathan Sennett. To talk with attorney Sennett, contact us online. You may also call us locally at 845-943-2261 or toll-free at 866-585-1091.
