
Property Crimes
Defense For Illegal And Controlled Substance Charges in Georgia
Property crimes may be misdemeanor or felony charges depending upon many circumstances. Persons facing property crime charges do have a risk of incarceration. Certainly those faced with serious charges such as arson have a certainty of prison time. In fact, arson is one of the 7 Deadly Sins crimes in Georgia.
Are These Serious Felony Crimes?
While some crimes may result in only probation, other charges can land you in prison for decades. Georgia assignes Crime Severity Levels to all felony charges. If you are charged with any of these crimes, and the charge is entered as "attempted", the severity level for that charge is rated at one level lower than the listed level. If someone is convicted of multiple offenses, the most serious of the offenses will determine the severity level. If a person is incarcerated for a parole or probation revocation, based on the commission of a new crime, the Crime Severity Level will be determined by that offense.
There are many types of charges which are classified as a property crime. These types of charges include car theft, arson, bank fraud, burglary, larceny, buying, receiving, and possession of stolen property, criminal trespass, counterfeiting, destruction of property, embezzlement, credit card fraud, theft by deception, forgery, employee theft, and identify theft.
Lesser property crime charges include car hopping, minor vandalism, minor shoplifting, tagging, and petty theft.
Georgia Criminal Sentencing For Property Crimes
The probability of conviction and receiving a severe sentence can be mitigated with an experienced criminal defense attorney.
If you are facing any type of property crime charges you should immediately call Lawrence Zimmerman, an experienced property crimes defense attorney. Attorney Zimmerman has a well documented history of winning property crime cases, through his persuasive style, knowledge of Georgia laws, and sometimes employing an aggressive representation in court.
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