 No
defense is too fierce when your freedom is at stake.
Your
most valuable assets can be lost if you have been charged with a crime
... your freedom and your reputation, to say nothing of the forfeiture
of all your assets.
Prosecutors
have the vast resources of police departments and their own investigators
working hard to make their case against people, often before they are
even charged. These resources must be countered with an aggressive defense
that includes state-of-the-art electronic research systems, expert witnesses
who are available for the particular type of case involved, and criminal
investigators who work with Spinella & Associates to develop the best possible
criminal defense.
Obtaining
skillful criminal representation is a battle for a person's future. He
or she needs to be defended by a fearless trial attorney who has been
tested under the fire of criminal litigation and trial.
 Practice
Area -- Criminal Defense
Spinella
& Associates are experienced trial attorneys who specialize in criminal
defense law, and are battle tested. Depending upon the particular charge,
the proper choice of a criminal defense lawyer may be the most important
decision of someone's life.
Attorney
Spinella is the author of Connecticut's leading law book on criminal procedure.
Attorney Jaffe also authored legal publications, including a much cited
article in the Connecticut Bar Journal with Connecticut Supreme Court
Justice David Borden, concerning the issue of illegal arrests.
Together,
Spinella & Associates form an experienced, skillful and knowledgeable criminal
defense team, the kind that prosecutors fear and respect. They offer a
full panoply of criminal services, representing defendants accused of
violent and nonviolent crimes, as well as a wide range of white collar
crimes.
Their areas of criminal expertise include the following:
- DWI:
Spinella & Associates have handled hundreds of cases involving driving while
under the influence, and manslaughter with a motor vehicle while intoxicated,
with excellent results. They are experienced not only at the trial level,
but also in handling administrative cases before Department of Motor
Vehicle hearing officers.
- drug
possession and sale
- habeas
corpus actions
- revocation
of parole
- negotiations
before arrest
- grand
jury testimony
- alternatives
to incarceration
- entrance
into diversionary programs such as accelerated rehabilitation, youthful
offender, alcohol education program, community labor
- serious
criminal cases involving use of force such as assault and battery and
rape
- larceny
and theft
- perjury
- burglary
and other felonies
- misdemeanors
and traffic violations
- plea
bargaining and bond and sentencing hearings
- related
considerations such as the bringing of potential civil rights actions
springing from the arrest; the effect of the criminal case on related
civil cases
- considerations
relating to possible deportation
- homicide
- white
collar crimes including larceny by false pretenses; embezzlement; bribery;
individual and corporate fraud; tax evasion; RICO violations; mail and
wire fraud; banking crimes; forfeiture; criminal unfair trade practices
- appeals
of all kinds in state and federal court
 In
addition to their representation of defendants at trial, Spinella & Associates
represent defendants convicted of crime in post-trial proceedings and
in the appeal of convictions. Attorneys Spinella & Associates have a long history
of prosecuting appeals in criminal cases before Connecticut and federal
courts. Their scholarship in this area makes them uniquely qualified to
pursue criminal appellate matters of every kind.
Attorney
Spinella, in addition to authoring Connecticut Criminal Procedure, Connecticut's
foremost textbook devoted to the history and law of criminal procedure
in Connecticut, is also a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's
Section on Criminal Justice; the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association; and a lifetime member of National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers. Additionally, he is actively involved in the Connecticut
and American Trial Lawyer's Associations.
Attorney
Jaffe is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Criminal
Justice Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and has long devoted
himself to a variety of criminal justice issues.
Together,
Spinella & Associates offer a rich and unique combination of experience
and commitment to criminal defense causes and cases.
CRIMINAL
DEFENSE CASE FILES
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