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Defending Felonies Across the State of Missouri!
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- DO NOT Speak to anyone! (especially the police) before talking to an experienced attorney
- Tell the officer your name and date of birth, then invoke your 5th and 6th amendment rights.
- 5th AMENDMENT – Right to Remain Silent
- 6th AMENDMENT – Right to have an Attorney Present
- YOU MUST INVOKE BOTH!
- To legally search you, your car or your home, Police must have either a warrant, probable cause (usually something in plain view or smell) or YOUR consent
- NEVER give consent.
- NEVER CONSENT! | NEVER CONFESS! | Just ZIP IT!
- PROPERTY CRIMES
- Burglary
- Stealing
- Fraudulent use of credit device
- Property Damage
- Tampering
- Fraud
- Forgery
- Passing Bad Checks
- Non-Support (Child Support)
- And More
- Person Crimes
- Domestic Assault
- Assault
- Murder
- Manslaughter
- Robbery
- Stalking
- Victim/Witness Tampering
- Terrorist Threat
- And More
- WEAPONS OFFENSES
- Possession of Prohibited Firearms
- Unlawful Use of Weapon
- Armed Criminal Action
- And More
- SEXUAL CRIMES
- Rape
- Sodomy
- Sexual Misconduct
- Child Pornography
- Promotion of Prostitution
- And More
- DRUG OFFENSES
- Drug Trafficking
- Possession of Controlled Substance
- Delivery of Controlled Substance
- Manufacturing
- And More
- Driving
- Leaving the Scene of an Accident
- Assault with a Motor Vehicle
- DWI
- Driving While License Revoked
- And More
Expungements
We can now petition the courts to expunge old criminal convictions under a Missouri expungement bill.
Expungement Facts:
- Not all crimes in Missouri can be expunged under the new statute
- The petition must be filed in the court or county where you were charged or found guilty of the offenses.
- All law enforcement agencies must be named and served in the petitions. Any agency that may hold criminal records. (Municipal court, circuit court, FBI, Homeland Security, MO State Highway Patrol, Local Sheriff, Dept of Revenue.)
- The state and agency’s have 30 days to file objections and hold a hearing within 60 days following the objections or 30 days after filing if no objections.
- There are periods of time after the conviction that you must wait to expunge. 7 years for a felony, 3 years for misdemeanors (Some cases may be expunged quicker.) DWI’s must wait 10 years to be expunged.
- Class A felonies, dangerous felonies as defined in RSMO 556-061, any offense requiring sex offender registration, felonies where deaths occur, nor any domestic assaults or kidnapping charges can be expunged.
Criminal arrests cannot be expunged before 3 years.
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES
Rita has unique perspectives from her time as a detective and criminal investigator. One judge even stated that he loved presiding over trials that Rita was the defense attorney because it was never boring and you never knew what she was foing to do next.
UNIQUE TENACITY
“ My unique style and pit bull tenacity have made me one of the best and most successful criminal defense attorneys in the state of Missouri. I fight for my clients from beginning to end. When speaking to a prosecutor one day after a grueling deposition, the prosecutor laughed and said, “Now I understand why our office calls you ‘THE DANCING COBRA’”. When Rita inquired as to what he meant, the prosecutor said… “You float around all sweet and smiling, lulling witnesses into a sense of calmness and WHAM! you strike a deadly blow before they can see it coming!””
UNIQUE STRATEGIES
In one murder case the journalist that was covering the trial wrote in hercoverage of the case that watching Rita Sanders was “Like watching a female version of Matlock.”
