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Driving Crimes

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Do you need a Criminal Defense Attorney in Fresno? If you have been arrested or charged with a driving crime, it is essential to obtain legal counsel for help right away.  

What are Driving Crimes?

A driving crime, depending on the severity, can be a misdemeanor or a felony. Some of the most common driving crimes include:

  • DUI
  • Vehicular manslaughter
  • Driving on a suspended license
  • Hit and run
  • Evading an officer
  • Drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle
  • Driving without a license
  • DUI of drugs
  • Driving while addicted to drugs

Penalties for Driving Crimes

Most driving crimes are charged as misdemeanors with penalties that usually consist of fines, probation, driver’s license suspension, and possible jail sentences. Some driving crimes, under certain circumstances, can be charged as felonies and have more severe penalties.

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Legal Defenses for Driving Crimes

This defense is used for hit and runs. If you weren’t the one driving, then you can’t be charged with a hit and run.

This is a common defense for driving with a suspended license. You have to have known that you were driving with a suspended license to be guilty of this crime.

Insufficient evidence can work as a defense for a lot of driving crimes. If the prosecution doesn’t have enough evidence that you committed a driving crime, you should not be guilty of one.

Have you been legally accused of committing driving crimes? If you have been arrested or charged with a crime, it is essential to obtain legal council for help. It’s important to take your charges seriously. Don’t just hope for the best. Hire an attorney who understands your situation and the consequences you face.

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Your Defense Attorney for Driving Crimes

I’m Mark A. Broughton and I’m here to fight for you. I have been a defense Attorney for 40+ years and have represented thousands of people accused of crimes. I have extensive experience representing citizens charged with FeloniesFederal CrimesDUI’sVehicular ManslaughterGang Crimes and Sex Crimes to name a few.

10.0Mark A. Broughton
fresno lawyer

Your Defense Attorney for Driving Crimes

I’m Mark A. Broughton and I’m here to fight for you. I have been a defense Attorney for 40+ years and have represented thousands of people accused of crimes. I have extensive experience representing citizens charged with FeloniesFederal CrimesDUI’sVehicular ManslaughterGang Crimes and Sex Crimes to name a few.

10.0Mark A. Broughton
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About Mark Broughton:

Compassionate, highly experienced, exceptional reputation, ethical and honest:

Mark Broughton has been practicing law for over 40 years. He estimates that he has conducted over 200 jury trials – everything from DUIs, drug cases, sex cases, domestic violence, assaults, “three-strikes,” dozens of cases involving criminal street gangs, gun/deadly weapons, drive-by shootings, robberies, attempted murders, and murders, including special circumstance murder cases.

He has received many outright Not Guilty verdicts for his clients in all of these types of cases, including several murder cases – at one time between 2005-2007, the jury found his clients Not Guilty in four separate cases in a row.

Mark Broughton is qualified as a death penalty lawyer and is on the special circumstances/death penalty panel of attorneys in Fresno, California, where he is regularly appointed to special circumstances/death penalty murder cases by the Fresno County Superior Court.

Other Qualifications:
  • Certified Specialist Criminal Law, State Bar of California
  • Board of Trustees, State Bar of California
  • Chairman, Fresno County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section

Mark Broughton enjoys close relationships with his clients.  He sees every individual’s situation with compassion and empathy and believes that every person has the right to a fair trial and is innocent until proven guilty.

Above all, he enjoys helping reunite his clients and their families during and after dealing with perhaps the most difficult time in their lives, going through the challenging criminal process with them.

Practice Areas

Related Areas of Practice:

Hit and Run

Vehicular Homicide

Vehicular Manslaughter

Great Bodily Injury

Driving Crimes

DUI

Hit and Run

Vehicular Homicide

Vehicular Manslaughter

DUI

Great Bodily Injury

Driving Crimes

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