Choosing a Defense Attorney

      Suppose you pick up a couple of friends without realizing that the registration lamp on your Chevrolet Malibu has burned out. Sure enough, the police stop you. Maybe one of your passengers is already on probation or someone gives the officers a difficult time. Long story short, an officer finds a baggie of drugs hidden under the driver's seat. You insist it is not yours. The problem is that no one else claims it either.

 

      You then learn that you are being charged as a party to the crime of Possession of Narcotic Drugs. As a Class I felony, the offense carries a maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine, 3½ years of imprisonment, or both.

 

      You start looking for a lawyer.