New Jersey Federal Crimes Defense Lawyer

The Federal Crimes cases that are brought to the law firm of Rafael Gomez are referred by Mr. Gomez to another lawyer with whom he has worked closely to help his clients successfully defend federal criminal charges.

In the United States, a federal crime or federal offense is a crime that is made illegal by U.S. federal legislation. In the United states, criminal law and prosecution happen at both the federal and the state level; thus a “federal crime” is one that is prosecuted under federal criminal law, and not under a state's criminal law, where most of the crimes committed in the United States are prosecuted.

This includes many crimes that, if they did not occur on U.S. federal property or on Indian reservations, would otherwise fall under state or local law. Some crimes are listed in Title 18 of the United States Code, but others fall under other titles; for instance, tax evasion and possession of weapons banned by the National Firearms Act are criminalized in Title 26 of the United States Code.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been granted powers to investigate federal offenses.

Mail fraud which crosses state lines or involves the (national) United States Postal Service is a federal offense. Other federal crimes include kidnapping, tax evasion, counterfeiting, theft of major artwork from a museum, damaging or destroying public mailboxes, immigration offenses, and since 1965, assassinating the President or Vice President, although these were not made federal crimes until after President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

In drug-related federal offenses mandatory minimums can be enforced. A mandatory minimum is a federally regulated minimum sentence for offenses of certain drugs.

Prosecution guidelines are established by the United States Attorney in each federal judicial district and by laws that Congress has already established.

You may consult with an experienced federal criminal defense attorney who has worked with Mr. Gomez for many years by calling Mr. Gomez at (201) 646-9799.