Christopher J. Garner Esq.


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If you, a member of your family, or a friend has been charged with a crime or are facing a serious motor vehicle offense, it is important to obtain immediate legal advice and representation so as to safeguard important constitutionally guaranteed rights under our system of justice. Should you be the focus of a criminal investigation where the local police or other authorities are intent upon questioning you about potential criminal activity, prompt legal assistance should be obtained before meeting with the authorities. Without doing so, could mean the difference between acquittal and conviction.

While the average citizen may feel far removed from the system of "crime and punishment", today's complex laws and criminal penalties often impact the lives of everyday people. In the area of motor vehicle offenses, for example, the penalties upon conviction can often involve the loss of your driver's license for periods of time that routinely run six to nine months even for the first time offender. The accompanying disruption in your family life and ability to maintain employment, can often be devastating.

Recent policies attendant to domestic violence cases, the manner in which bail is set, the effect of minor and relatively insignificant convictions on ones immigration status and other circumstances can have long lasting effects on ones personal liberty. Advice and representation is critical to understanding the nature of any charge against you, evaluating your options and defending such charges.

An attorney can guide you through the criminal process. Where appropriate, an attorney can present your case to a jury or judge for adjudication. In situations where convictions may seem inevitable, plea negotiations can be pursued with the goal of minimizing the penalty involved and the use of alternative sentencing arrangements where possible.

Attorney Garner has been handling serious motor vehicle offenses and criminal cases for nearly twenty years. He has won acquittals before juries and judges throughout New Hampshire and Maine in DWI cases and other motor vehicle matters. His primary focus in this area is on misdemeanor level motor vehicle and criminal matters in the New Hampshire District Court system in addition to motor vehicle offenses of a felony nature such as habitual offender violations and the like in the Superior Court. He also has experience in other felony level cases before the Superior Court system. In those circumstances involving sexual assaults, assaults involving serious bodily injury and high level drug offenses, a proper referral can be made.



 
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