"Doubtless there are few events in the life of a family that can compare with its being informed totally unexpectedly that one of its members has been accused of a crime of sexual assault. And that such a charge is considered legally to be a felony and punishable potentially by a term of imprisonment. To say my wife and I, and our son, were stunned, first at the time of the charge against him, and later, when we were informed that imprisonment was a very real possibility in this instance, is to minimize how profound was the distress each of us felt. Clear to us all straightaway was that a proper and robust legal defense against the claim of wrongdoing by my son was imperative. Whomever we sought for the defense attorney for him should have extensive experience in this assault classification, the depth of insight necessary to sift through and prioritize the host of factors both typical of and unique to my son’s case, and the wisdom to formulate a compelling defense of him based on due consideration of those factors. Nothing less than striving for an unassailable counter to the charge would suit. Such a person, and persons, we found in the legal team of David Jones and Chris Decker, of the firm Decker and Jones. The attorneys specialize in Criminal Defense. Following a yearlong series of evidence gathering, character witness gathering, psychological evaluations, court hearings and multiple attorney/client meetings with Mr. Jones, a trial date was set...
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