The Toughest Cases Can Have the Best Results
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
The goal of every criminal defense attorney is to win. However, in some cases the facts are so difficult to overcome, even an experienced defense attorney cannot envision winning. This mindset is almost always fatal to a case.
Nothing great ever came about easily. You must believe that you can have success in order to be successful. While you need to be realistic about the case to advise your client properly, you still must start the case with the mindset that you can win. You cannot forclose on the possiblity of success.
Here is a real life example from one my cases. The allegations were my client was driving a car and as it entered an intersection he struck a police officer. Not a car carrying a police officer, but a police officer standing in the intersection directing traffic. Prior to driving, it was also alleged that he drank a substantial amount of alcohol. The police basically stated that he was so drunk that after the accident he was vomiting alcohol.
These are horrible facts. It would be ridiculous for an attorney to think he could win this case. Well I did have this case. It may have been ridiculous for me to entertain the possibility I could win the case. However, we did win.
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