Criminal law

LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION IN PROCEEDINGS

Any criminal matter carries significant risks, but an early strategic approach can radically change the course of a case. As a lawyer in Focșani, Vrancea, I can help you manage these challenges through comprehensive services for legal assistance and representation in proceedings.

Here is how we can intervene and what we could do together at each stage of criminal proceedings:

DURING THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
We can properly analyse the charges and establish a sound strategy before you make any statement to the criminal investigation authorities (Police, Prosecutor’s Office, DNA or DIICOT). We can also request the taking of defence evidence and the examination of witnesses, attend interviews and ask questions as permitted by law, and ensure that your procedural rights are strictly respected.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
In emergencies, such as an order for police custody, we can present immediate defence arguments against applications for pre-trial detention or house arrest. We can argue in court for their replacement with less restrictive measures, such as judicial supervision, to preserve your freedom of movement.
DURING THE PRELIMINARY CHAMBER STAGE
The preliminary chamber stage takes place after the case has been referred for trial. We examine the lawfulness of the referral to court, the evidence and the criminal investigation acts within the scope of Article 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. We can raise procedural objections and request the exclusion of unlawfully obtained evidence. The case may be returned to the prosecutor only in the circumstances set out in Article 346(3); this does not follow automatically from every irregularity.
DURING TRIAL
We can build a rigorous defence for the first-instance and appeal. By analysing the nuances of legislation and case law, we can seek an acquittal, the reclassification of the alleged acts as a less serious offence, or a suspended sentence.
DURING SENTENCE ENFORCEMENT
If a conviction has already been entered, we can use the available legal mechanisms to mitigate its impact. We can bring challenges to sentence enforcement, request postponement or interruption of sentence enforcement only in the circumstances and subject to the conditions of Articles 589 and 592 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including the medical circumstances provided by law, pregnancy or having a child under one year old, and apply for conditional release.
THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES
Where a final judgment involves serious procedural errors or highly significant new facts have emerged, we can reassess the case with a view to challenging the decision through an application for annulment or application for review.