Criminal Cases

The experienced criminal defense attorneys at Nichols & Webb represent citizens accused of engaging in all types of criminal activity. We handle cases in all state and Federal courts throughout the state of Maine. Initial consultations and legal advice are provided free of charge. The majority of our criminal defense cases are successfully resolved without the need of a jury trial, but see below for samples of some court cases that did:

	Charge:	Maximum Sentence:	Issues:
Case 1:	Theft	5 Years in Prison	No Intent
Case 2:	Robbery and Theft	21 Years in Prison	Forensic Evidence
Case 3:	Attempted Murder Aggravated Assault (3 Counts) Tampering with a Victim	71 Years in Prison	Lack of Credibility of Police And Lay Witnesses; Self Defense
Case 4:	Robbery	40 Years in Prison	Lack of Credibility of Police And Lay Witnesses
Case 5:	Robbery and Assault	41 Years in Prison	No Intent
Case 6:	Trafficking in Drugs	5 Years in Prison	Lack of Credibility of Police
Case 7:	Aggravated Assault Driving to Endanger	11 Years in Prison	Lack of Credibility of Lay Witnesses and Duress
Case 8:	Cocaine Trafficking Possession of Cocaine	20 Years in Federal Prison	Lack of Credibility of Government’s Witness
Case 9:	Arson (3 Counts)	120 Years in Prison	Time Lines to Prove Not Guilty
Case 10:	Aggravated Assault	10 Years in Prison	Self Defense
Case 11:	Trafficking in Drugs	5 Years in Prison	Personal Use
Case 12:	Gross Sexual Assault (4 Counts) Credibility of Unlawful Sexual Contact	170 Years in Prison	Lack of Credibility of Government’s Witnesses
Case 13:	Assault	364 Days in Jail	Self Defense