Miami Date Rape Defense Lawyer

Date Rape Overview

Rape charges are always emotional and complicated legal issues, and those involving accusations of date rape can be particularly contentious. Once an alleged victim makes an accusation, you will be arrested and charged. The charges can be based upon the alleged victim's claims of rape with virtually no other supporting evidence. Even so, under Florida Statute 794.011, if you are convicted of this crime you could face a prison sentence of up to 9 years. The need for an experienced defense attorney to fight for you cannot be underestimated. If you have been accused of date rape, you need to contact a proven Miami sex crime attorney without delay.

The Law Office of Michael Mirer, P.A. has the knowledge and experience to provide you with the aggressive defense you need to protect your rights, your reputation and your future. Attorney Michael Mirer is a former Assistant State Attorney for Miami-Dade County who has a thorough and unique understanding of how law enforcement and the district attorney will approach your case. Knowing the right questions to ask and discovering hidden motives for the accusations could be a major factor in your case. Attorney Mirer has exceptional trial skills and has trained other attorneys in the art of cross-examination. This can be a crucial aspect to defending you against charges of date rape. There are often hidden intentions that must be brought to light if you hope to avoid conviction and the penalties that will be imposed upon you by the court.

Date rape is defined as a nonconsensual sexual act between two individuals who have some type of prior relationship. In other words, the accused and accuser are not strangers to each other. Date rape cases often involve other factors such as the use of an intoxicating substance, either drugs or alcohol, which can make the case a first-degree felony with a potential 30 year prison sentence. The laws involving date rape accusations is very complex and demands the attention of highly qualified trial lawyer to fight for your defense. Michael Mirer has a record of success at trial you will need if facing accusations of date rape that involves a person who claims to have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In our state, those that are convicted of a sexually related felony offense are put on sex offender probation which will restrict where you live, imposes a curfew, will require court-mandated counseling, and restricts where you can be employed and what professional licenses you can hold . There is also the potential of facing civil commitment proceedings in which a convicted sex offender can be committed to a civil commitment facility after completing their sentence in state prison. The danger to the accused individual is that they can continue to be kept out of regular society, even if they have completed their sentence on criminal charges .

Date Rape Defense Lawyer in Miami

If you have been charged with or date rape your family, friends and colleagues can turn against you; the stigma involved as well as the natural inclination to believe that you are guilty can be a frightening aspect of criminal accusations of date rape. Too often good people have been harmed by false allegations or have been punished through a miscarriage of justice. Michael Mirer will treat you with the respect and dignity that you deserve. You have rights and the firm will vigilantly protect them, from the moment they take on your case.

Contact a Miami date rape defense attorney from the firm without delay to ensure that your rights, your reputation and your future are aggressively protected by a skilled and experienced lawyer.