Homicide & Murder Defense Attorney in Tallahassee

Tallahassee Criminal Defense Lawyer

When charged with any type of homicide in Florida, a person must prepare themselves for a major legal fight. Murder and homicide charges can result in a serious legal battle in which your life could be literally hanging in the balance.  With so much at stake, you must choose to put the right defense team in place to achieve victory for your case.  If convicted of murder or homicide in Tallahassee, the outcome might seriously affect your loved ones, so it is important to take all things into consideration when choosing a lawyer. The attorneys of the Law Offices of Jansen and Davis, P.A. will work hard to protect your rights and your life.

Homicide can be classified as manslaughter or murder, though not all deaths are punishable as crimes. It is sometimes accepted as an act without criminal implications where a human life has been taken.  Under some circumstances, such as in defense of oneself or another, homicide can be justified, but is very fact-specific. If you are convicted of homicide, the consequences could include life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Homicide is often used synonymously with murder, however, there are many different types of homicide charges.  Having the right Tallahassee criminal defense lawyer to represent you can give you a much better chance of obtaining a positive outcome to your homicide charges. 

Tallahassee Attorney Handling Homicide & Murder Charges

Some examples of the varying degrees and types of homicide & murder charges an attorney at our firm can assist you with include:

• Justifiable Use of Deadly Force
• Excusable Homicide
• Murder
• First-Degree Murder
• Second-Degree Murder
• Third-Degree Murder
• Attempted Felony Murder
• Manslaughter
• When Manslaughter is a Felony of the First Degree
• Vehicular Homicide
• First-Degree Vehicular Homicide
• Vessel Homicide
• Assisting Self-Murder
• Commercial Exploitation of Self-Murder
• Simulated Self-Murder
• Killing of Unborn Child by Injury To Mother
• Unnecessary Killing To Prevent Unlawful Act

For help with homicide or murder charges, contact a Tallahassee Criminal Defense Attorney at the Law Offices of Jansen and Davis, P.A.