HOMICIDE
HOMICIDE
Homicide charges include murder, manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. All of these counts include an action, intentional, reckless or negligent, that ultimately results in the death of another person. Homicides are complex crimes to defend, varying greatly on of the specific facts of the case and the particular crime charged. All homicide charges are felonies. The most common charge is Murder in the Second Degree, which if convicted, carries a sentence range from 15 years to life to 25 years to life. With such serious punishments, most homicide cases should, and do, go to trial.
Homicide charges are the most serious category of charges in our criminal justice system. Only the most experienced prosecutors and police investigators handle these cases and they go to the utmost effort to obtain a conviction. They interview all witnesses, analyze each piece of evidence, try to coerce a statement or admission out of every suspect and monitor all the phone calls and letters from any suspect in jail. In these cases, the prosecution usually presents every type of evidence imaginable including fingerprints, DNA, admissions or confessions by the defendant, eyewitness testimony, ballistics, and various types of expert and forensic testimony in order to obtain a conviction.
Clearly an experienced defense attorney with extensive trial experience is an absolute necessity in defending any homicide case. Mr. Nobles is that attorney.
- Mr. Nobles has handled and tried numerous homicide cases.
- His experience and tenacity have led him to win the majority of his homicide trials.
- In 2009, Mr. Nobles prevented the prosecution from obtaining a homicide conviction against his clients four out of five times. In two of those, the clients were found NOT GUILTY of all charges.
- Also in 2009, he negotiated a reduction from Murder to Burglary with a 13 year sentence as opposed to the client going to trial and facing the possibility of 25 years to life if convicted (this client did not testify against anyone, but his two co-defendants were both convicted and are currently serving 25 years to life).
- Mr. Nobles has handled cases involving every conceivable and recognizable type of evidence including: ballistics, autopsies, DNA, fingerprints, confessions, false statements, eye witness testimony, expert testimony, gun powder residue, accident reconstruction, toxicology, serology, footprint castings, video and audio tapes, crime scene photos, phone and text message records, cell site data, 911 tapes, trace evidence, justification (self-defense) and even the insanity defense. Mr. Nobles know how to analyze, challenge and defend against each and every one of these types of evidence.
- Mr. Nobles often carries out his own investigations and hires his own experts to review the evidence and to uncover other leads in his cases.
- Mr. Nobles has the experience, knowledge and track record to successfully defend homicide cases, or to negotiate a plea deal that is in the best interest of his clients.
If you are charged with a homicide or any other serious crime, having Mr. Nobles by your side is your best defense. To schedule a free case evaluation, call Mr. Nobles at his office at (585) 546-1260.