Criminal defense casework for Nashville attorneys
The state has detectives. The defense has Pinnacle. Independent fact-finding that tests the charge instead of supporting it.
Criminal Defense by a licensed Tennessee private detective agency
A criminal case is built by people whose job was to prove the charge. A defense needs its own private eyes to test it: to find the witnesses discovery names but cannot locate, to interview them properly and on the record, to go back to the scene with different questions, to pull video before it is overwritten, and to verify an alibi before the prosecutor attacks it. Pinnacle works with retained counsel, public defender offices and court-appointed attorneys across Tennessee, in state and federal court, under the protective orders and ethics rules those cases require.
From DUI and misdemeanor matters to felony and post-conviction work, our private eyes document their work so it can be presented to a court and testify about it when asked.
Specialized criminal defense pages
Situations criminal defense casework is built for
- Discovery with names and leads nobody ran down
- An identification, confession or search counsel intends to challenge
- Video from nearby businesses that will be lost in days
- An alibi that needs verification before trial
- A witness who has changed their story
- A sentencing where the client's history must be told properly
Criminal Defense, routed into the specific situation you are in
Each specialty has its own page with signs to look for, how the casework runs, legal boundaries and a scope planner.
Witness Locating
The witness who can change a case is usually the one nobody can find. Pinnacle's private eyes locate them, verify them…
02Witness Interviews
A witness statement is only as good as the way it was taken. Pinnacle's private eyes conduct defense interviews that…
03Alibi Verification
An alibi the jury believes is built from things that cannot be argued with: a receipt, a camera, a phone record.…
04Crime Scene Documentation
The state photographed the scene for its theory. A Pinnacle private eye documents it for yours: what a witness could…
05DUI Defense
A DUI case is a story about a few minutes on the side of the road. Pinnacle's private eyes document those minutes from…
06Felony Defense
Felony cases are won on facts the state did not find or did not want. Pinnacle gives Tennessee defense attorneys a…
07Misdemeanor Defense
A misdemeanor can cost a job, a license or a custody case. Pinnacle gives defense attorneys the same private eye…
08Post-Conviction Review
A conviction is not the end of the facts. Pinnacle's private eyes find the witnesses who have changed their story, the…
How Pinnacle runs criminal defense casework
Discovery review
Every name, address and lead catalogued with counsel.
Fieldwork plan
Witnesses, scenes, video and records prioritized by deadline.
Casework
Interviews, documentation and evidence gathered with a proper record.
Trial support
Reports, exhibits, testimony and mitigation as the case requires.
Shape the engagement before you call
Three quick picks show how Pinnacle would staff and report a criminal defense matter. Nothing is stored or sent.
How urgent is this?
Where in Tennessee?
Who are we reporting to?
Criminal Defense questions, answered plainly
Yes. We are familiar with Tennessee's process for approving defense services for indigent clients and price accordingly.
With consent where possible, under Tennessee's one-party rule. Otherwise we take detailed contemporaneous statements.
Immediately. Video retention and witness memory both degrade quickly.
Yes, regularly, about locates, interviews, scene documentation and surveillance.
Everything else a Pinnacle private eye does
Talk to a private eye about criminal defense.
One confidential call, an honest answer about whether we can help, and a clear plan if we can. Nashville and every county in Tennessee.