Georgia Homicide
Even though you may have been charged with homicide, this does not necessarily mean that you will be convicted of it or that you are guilty of it. Homicide is a tragic crime and one that the State of Georgia takes very seriously. Whether you are guilty or not of your homicide charge, you will still have to defend yourself in a court of law. This is where a Georgia homicide lawyer comes in. Like all other criminal acts in our legal system, defendants are guaranteed certain rights, one of them being the right to an attorney. Make sure you find one that is qualified!
An attorney can defend your homicide charge
While you may think that a judge or jury will lock you up and throw away the key, there are circumstances where it is lawful to kill another human being. For example, a stranger approaches you at an ATM. He takes your wallet and instead of letting him get away with it, you decide to chase after him. He disregards your calls to stop so you catch him and tackle him. As you wrestle with this stranger, you see him pull out a knife. Before he can use it to hurt or kill you, you manage to get it out of his hands and use it on him first. His injury is life-threatening and he later dies, leaving you charged with homicide. In this particular case, you would be acting in self defense. Your attorney will make it known that you did not know what this person was capable of and you felt your life was in danger. Therefore, you acted in self defense to save your own life.
Those faced with vehicular homicide charges can also find themselves with a good defense based on the facts surrounding their case. Perhaps you were text messaging a friend on your cell phone at a red light. When the light turned green, you hit send on your phone while proceeding forward with your vehicle. It was dark and you didn’t see a woman crossing the street and you mistakenly killed her with your vehicle. Your attorney will argue that while your actions may have been careless, your intention was not to kill a pedestrian with your vehicle and that you were in no violation of criminal law, only a traffic violation.
