This is an interesting question because if you or a loved one is charged with California Penal Code 187 PC murder, you want to know exactly how you're going to be dealt with.
Having worked for the district attorney's office in the early 1990s, I can attest that murder cases are treated with the utmost seriousness in Los Angeles County.
In fact, they assign special prosecutors to murder cases, and typically, the investigators are from robbery-homicide and one of the special units in the police department, whether it be the sheriffs or the LAPD that are investigating the case.
Given the district attorney's commitment to securing a conviction, it's crucial to have a top-tier criminal defense attorney on your side.
Otherwise, you're going to make it really easy for them. If they're charging someone with murder, they will do everything they can to make sure that person gets convicted.
I started in the early 1990s in East LA working for the district attorney's office, and then after that, a superior court judge was his right-hand man to get kind of an idea of how judges handle cases. And in 1994, I put out my shingle. I became a criminal defense attorney.
With over 30 years of experience and a track record of success, I am well-equipped to handle these cases.
Prosecution of Murder Cases
You have to realize that you're up against the best when it comes to a murder case. The prosecutor will do anything to get the conviction.
They're going to spend whatever money they need to be able to prove their case. I've handled many murder cases where they have different pieces of evidence against the client:
- Sometimes, it's forensic evidence - DNA, fingerprints.
- It's the identification of witness evidence where people see the person, and they're ready to testify that that person committed the murder.
- Other times, they have video evidence.
- They've got circumstantial evidence where they're proving a number of things, and if that's true, the person must have committed the murder. At least, that's how prosecutors will argue it.
Why You Need a Fighter
So, you have to have an attorney that has experience - that's been down the road you're about to travel. Don't get one of those attorneys that all they can do is do the preliminary hearing and then they decide to get off the case after that because they're afraid to go to trial.
It would be best if you had someone who is a fighter. Sometimes, these cases can be resolved, but in my experience in Los Angeles County, the district attorney does not negotiate murder cases.
So, it's probably going to go to trial, so you better have a trial lawyer on your side right from the beginning. If you need the best, call and ask for a meeting with Ron Hedding. We'll sit down and go over all of the evidence.
We'll go over the pros and cons of taking the case to trial. We'll decide where the issues are in your case and figure out whether or not you can actually defend the case or whether it's a case where we need to work out some sort of resolution.
Pick up the phone now. Make the call. I stand at the ready to help you. If you need the best if you or a loved one is charged with murder, pick up the phone now. Ask for a meeting with Ron Hedding. Let me put my 30+ years of experience to work for you.
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