Douglas Crawford Law

The Duties of Las Vegas Criminal Defense Attorneys
                                                                 

Las Vegas criminal defense attorneys have an array of legal responsibilities. Generally, they keep communications between them and clients confidential, offer zealous representation, but they are ideally obligated to present all defenses in an honest manner. They ideally need to avoid conflicts of interest, meaning they can’t represent multiple parties in the same matter. 

Ardent Representation

A criminal defense lawyer has the duty to ardently represent their client by taking the steps required to prepare a feasible defense. They must interview witnesses, gather facts, collect and review police reports, research case precedents and subpoena documents. They may ideally request courts to consider new interpretations of the law in order to support the interests of their clients. They are obliged to prepare compelling arguments for both the judges and juries. 

Privileged Communications

Las Vegas criminal defense attorneys also must maintain privacy or privilege when it comes to communications with the clients. This allows the client to speak safely to the lawyers without fear of reprisals. However, this doesn’t apply if the client utilizes the lawyer’s advice to commit a crime. Criminal defense attorneys mat break the privilege to prevent injuries or deaths or pursuant to court order. It’s ideally possible for clients to waive their right to privilege. 

Conflict of Interests

Criminal defense lawyers are ideally obliged to avoid conflicts of interests when it comes to representing their clients. A lawyer can’t implicate one client in order to help another. They must ideally ascertain that the previous clients don’t create conflicts in current cases. 

Honesty to Courts

Like all lawyers, criminal defense attorneys are expected to make truthful representations to the courts. They are required to be as truthful as possible and should not support clients that commit perjury. They are obliged to take reasonable steps in order to fix known perjury by clients.