It is crucial that the criminal defense attorney contact us as soon as computer evidence is brought against your client.  We can help with a case review and custom questions for the preliminary examination.  This is a great opportunity for you, the defense attorney, to understand the evidence being presented against your client.  The law enforcement examiner must answer your questions under oath about the evidence.  Take advantage of it!  Here is what an attorney we serve has to say about our case review and preliminary examination services:

"As a criminal defense attorney, I emphatically urge anyone defending a case involving computers to obtain a case consultation early on if not immediately.  I recently consulted with AK+ Computer Consulting prior to the preliminary exam and it significantly changed the course of the proceedings.  I consulted on my case and was assisted in developing cross examination questions which has proven to be invaluable in obtaining facts and information which has significantly supported our defense and has lead to new information being developed that had not been previously disclosed in any police reports.  In fact, the information would have never been revealed because I would not have known to request it and my case could have been significantly compromised. 

The government always has an expert and as the defense attorney it is my job to cross examine their expert and obtain as much information as possible early on in my defense.  The information at issue is not typically viewed or available to the average computer user such as deleted files and fragments of data found in space allocated for existing files and is generally unknown to even exist by the average computer user. 

It is critical to consult with someone who has the ability to locate, track and utilize the highly specialized tools needed to obtain that type of information from a computer.  In most cases, it is critical to question and establish the integrity of this type of evidence as in most cases it is the strongest evidence that is going to be used against your client. I was able to prepare myself to cross examine the government’s expert and with the help of the Consultant and even go “off script” to learn further information beneficial to my client.  Equally important is to learn what was not done that might have produced a different result more favorable to your client. 

Finally, although it is critical to understand the evidence against your client so that you can prepare your defense; it is equally critical to be able to reduce a highly technical field to terms and descriptions that a lay person such as your typical juror can understand. The reality of these types of cases is that if you are not prepared to effectively cross examine the prosecutor’s expert against your client at the beginning during the preliminary examination you will not have a later chance to do so until the day of trial and that may be too late."