Court Appointed Investigator

An attorney gets assigned a criminal defense investigator to reverse-engineer the case and discover precisely where law enforcement came up with their decision to file the charges in the first place. Our role as investigators is to attempt to discover additional information that will help the defendant’s case.

From there, we sit down with the attorney and the client. Together we review the indictment, converse with the defendant, see what they can tell us, and go through that entire process. After that, the defendant goes on with their life and contacts me when they have questions, when they’re freaking out, when they need a shoulder to cry on, etc.

In the meantime, the prosecutor is also looking at their side of the case, making offers to the defense attorney to see if they can come up with some kind of plea bargain. Whenever the prosecutor offers a plea bargain, the defense attorney presents it to the client, and we investigators are often present as well.

The defendant has the opportunity to accept the plea bargain or decline it. If they decline all plea bargains, that is when we go into trial mode.

We sit down and really go through the investigation, following the footsteps of law enforcement, looking for inconsistencies, differences, flaws, mistakes, or just blatant misdirection.

During that time, we process our reports and supply them to the attorney, who will then figure out the best course to take during trial to fight for the defendant’s rights.

Once the strategy is devised, we investigators are pulled in again to contact and subpoena witnesses; to gather information, knowledge, and case history; etc. We may also be called on as witnesses for the defense.

We are fully available during the trial, working alongside every step of the way. We are not done with the case until the client is either exonerated or sentenced.