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Are you a military service member being investigated for stealing? Have you been charged under the UCMJ for theft or larceny? Have you already been branded a thief and common criminal?
Prosecutors will boast that they have a mountain of evidence against you. They’ll say your conviction at a general or special court martial is unstoppable. They’ll use scare tactics to try and get you to quickly plead guilty. They want you to give up as soon as possible because they don’t want you to get an experienced court martial lawyer that will fight for your rights.
If you do give up, if you just roll over and plead guilty without a fight, your military career, and your life face ruin, potentially including:
Somebody is probably pushing a plea agreement in your face and telling you should plead guilty to get this so called “good deal.” They’re probably telling you this is the best “deal” you will get and you risk losing it if you don’t hurry up and sign. Nobody wants to fight for your innocence or at least a better deal than the crooked one thrown at you.
In times like this you want a team of experienced defense attorneys that will stand up and fight for you. You want court martial lawyers that have litigated cases at every level of the military justice system. You need a team of military lawyers with a track record of winning the fights they’re in.
Military larceny and theft charges are charged under Article 121 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which defines larceny as any wrongful taking, obtaining, or withholding of property, either from the military or another person. Any form of theft, embezzlement, wrongful appropriation, or obtaining by false pretenses could be charged as larceny under Article 121.
The nature of the conduct you are accused of drives the prosecution’s attack against you and your career. Typically, Article 121 charges allege theft involving the following:
Noel Tipon have consistently faced off against overly confident military prosecutors that wind up seeing their case collapse after we begin representation. They prefer to avoid this and therefore rush for your guilty plea agreement.
Don’t expect any compassion from the government. Its prosecutors aim to convict you and then obtain the harshest sentence possible. Do you have a wife and family? They don’t care. A close relative is sick and needs your financial support? They don’t care. You’re close to the end of your tour and want to use the G.I. Bill to go to college? They don’t care.
They are coming after you in a way that will not only ruin your military career but maybe your entire life. Don’t just sit back and take it. History teaches us that only the strong survive, so steady yourself and fight for your career and your future.
If you can summons the strength to fight for the best possible outcome in your case, contact us to find out how we can help.
The prosecution believes they have an airtight case against you. They think you’re a slam-dunk conviction. They have a huge head start because they only brought charges after they believed they had an insurmountable amount of evidence against you.
It’s far from hopeless though. The best defense is usually an aggressive, hard-hitting defense strategy that attacks every aspect of the government’s case. Sometimes you have to go scorched earth.
Government prosecutors don’t like formidable opponents. They want a service member to become so gripped with fear that they just wilt and accept a crummy agreement to plead guilty. They also want the service member’s attorney (usually an inexperienced and free military lawyer supplied by the government) to take the easy path—a guilty plea.
Our experience teaches us that you should fight—either for a not guilty verdict or an agreement that doesn’t handicap the rest of your life. It’s not like you’re charged with a double murder or sexual assault, so you shouldn’t be OK with accepting terms that treat you like you are.
But none of this will happen if you quickly plead guilty. Once the government has its claws in you, fighting back is about the only way to rip them out.
If you are looking for a not guilty verdict or don’t want to accept a lousy government concocted guilty-plea agreement, contact our office today to hear how we would investigate, prepare, and defend your case.
Yes, you have a chance, but not if you surrender without a fight. Relying on the prosecution’s investigation or an inexperienced lawyer that has done little to no investigation of your case is a recipe for disaster.
The government usually misreads its own evidence and becomes overconfident and mistake-prone. This can be exploited to a service member’s advantage by a good team of military court-martial lawyers.
Experienced military defense attorneys can out lawyer less capable adversaries. We see it happen all the time.
The lawyers at Noel Tipon have distinguished themselves in trial court rooms and before military appellate courts throughout the world. Where others said it couldn’t be done, we said it could and then did it. We believe that no matter how bad the odds may be, the legal skill, passion, and courage of the right legal team can overcome them.
You owe it to yourself and your family not to settle for weak legal representation. If you do, you may pay for it for the rest of your life.
Contact our office today to discuss your case with our team of seasoned military defense attorneys.
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