As LSU football fans already know, on August 19 there was a fight outside of a Baton Rouge, Louisiana bar which resulted in four people going to the hospital for treatment. LSU football players were allegedly involved and two players have been charged with second degree battery. Some LSU fans may be wondering what exactly [...]
Read More felony-battery, second-degree-battery, simple-batteryIt’s easy to think that anyone arrested for a crime has criminal tendencies and should be punished. But the truth is that many people charged with crimes are not what we would consider “criminals.” Sometimes a person is in the wrong place at the wrong time or hanging out with the wrong people. An otherwise [...]
Read More first-time-offender, non-adjudication-Mississippi, pre-trial-diversion-LouisianaAs part of an effective criminal defense strategy, an experienced defense lawyer will try to get your charges amended to a lesser charge. In many cases, your attorney is thinking of your possible jail time exposure if your case goes to trial. For example, if you are charged with aggravated battery, the potential jail time [...]
Read More criminal-defense-louisiana, pre-sentence-investigation, prison-sentence-robberyI get calls everyday from people asking about criminal assault charges, so I would like to answer the questions I hear most frequently about simple assault, aggravated assault, domestic abuse, misdemeanor assault and felony assault in Mississippi. What is the difference between simple assault and aggravated assault? Simple assault is causing bodily injury without using [...]
Read More misdemeanor-assault, Mississippi-aggravated-assault, Mississippi-simple-assaultI am representing a woman from Mississippi who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend with a small kitchen knife while he was hitting her with his fists. Because she used a weapon, a knife, the charge was aggravated assault which is a felony. If she had fought back with her fists she probably would not have been [...]
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