If you are facing felony charges you need a felony attorney who specializes in felony cases. Felonies are considered to be the most serious types of crimes and each state carries different punishments for felony offenses. The definition of a felony is ‘any crime that is punishable by more than one year in prison or death for capital offenses such as first degree murder.’

If you are convicted of a felony you will be serving your sentence in a state or federal prison, not a county, city, or local jail. There are additional criminal procedures that apply in regards to felonies, one being that if you cannot afford a felony attorney, the court will appoint one to you. The right to a felony attorney is guaranteed for all felony cases.

Before hiring any attorney you need to be certain that he/she is a felony attorney and actually handles felony cases. Your future is at stake, you do not want your family attorney handling your felony case. Criminal defense is a specialized field of the law so your attorney must specialize in the particular field.

Make sure your felony attorney handles the type of case you have. If you have been charged with second degree murder, you need a felony attorney who only handles murder cases, not one who specializes in drunk driving charges.