Criminal Defense Services
Criminal defense starts before your arraignment. Being charged with any crime, including Vermont DUI, can be an intimidating experience. It is difficult to know how to navigate the process on your own. At Burke Law, we guide you through every stage of the criminal process.
From arraignment to disposition, our criminal defense attorneys identify the strengths of your case and zealously advocate on your behalf. If you are charged with a crime it is important to speak to an experienced criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. Even minor convictions can negatively impact your future.
Learn about the different criminal defense services Burke Law offers below.
If you are in a car accident in Vermont and any property is damaged or someone is injured you must immediately stop and provide your name, residence, license number, address and the name of owner of the vehicle’s name to anyone whose property was damaged. You must also render any Read more…
Criminal conditions of release are a combination of rules imposed on a defendant by the Court. In other words, the judge outlines activities that you must do or must not do. This can occur before your arraignment, at your arraignment, or conditions of release can be modified later in Read more…
Cash bail in Vermont is either a secured amount of money or actual money that must be paid to allow a criminal defendant to be released from jail while awaiting trial. A bail bond is money or some form of property that is deposited to the court by the Read more…
After your arraignment and “before a criminal case goes to trial, the prosecutor and the defense team usually appear before a criminal court judge and make pre-trial motions — arguments that certain evidence should be kept out of the trial, that certain persons must or cannot testify, or that Read more…
Exculpatory evidence is evidence favorable to the defendant in a Vermont criminal trial that exonerates or tends to exonerate the defendant of guilt. In other words, exculpatory evidence is evidence tending to excuse, justify, or absolve the alleged fault or guilt of a defendant. Exculpatory evidence can present as many different things Read more…
In Vermont criminal law plea negotiations are common. Plea negotiations are the offer and counteroffers made back and forth between the criminal defendant and the prosecutor throughout the criminal process. These offers are attempts to resolve the case without a jury trial. Every defendant in Vermont has the right to Read more…
If you are a Vermont Defendant and do not speak English, the Vermont criminal courts offer interpreter services for any individual who needs them. All people have a right to access the programs and services of the Vermont courts. The Vermont criminal courts offer interpreter services in sign language and a Read more…
An arraignment in Vermont criminal court is a defendant’s first appearance. It is a constitutionally mandated opportunity for a Vermont criminal defendant to be told what his charges are and be given an outline of the evidence against him (typically provided in the form of sworn affidavits from law enforcement Read more…
Public defense services in Vermont are provided through the Office of The Defender General. The Defender General began providing services to Vermont in 1972. The Defender General provides constitutionally required representation to needy persons charged with serious crimes. At Burke Law we work with the Defender General to help provide gaps Read more…
A violation of conditions of release can have serious consequences in Vermont. A defendant who is caught violating conditions of release may be held in custody until his trial. Criminal defendants in Vermont are often released pending trial on conditions of release. Conditions of release are a set of court Read more…