​ ​Sometimes you need to take the case to trial-even when you are guilty. Often, people are arrested and charged with crimes for things they actually did. People say to me all the time “How can I plead “Not Guilty” and take my case to trial if I am guilty?” The answer is simple: because you have the right to. You have the constitutional right to be presumed innocent and to make the State (the police department) prove the case against you beyond a reasonable doubt. But the