Madison County criminal cases, from a Fredericktown city ticket that turned into something more to a felony filed by the prosecuting attorney, are heard at the courthouse in Fredericktown. The court follows the same Missouri rules as every other county, but the people, the pace, and the dockets are local.
Wulfers Law Firm is based in Farmington, about half an hour up Highway 67, and handles cases in Fredericktown as part of its regular practice.
What we handle in Madison County
The same cases we defend in St. Francois County.
- DWI, including the separate license case with its 15-day deadline.
- Drug possession and distribution charges.
- Felonies, from the first appearance through the preliminary hearing and beyond.
- Probation violations, which can bring back the sentence you already avoided once.
- Traffic charges that carry points or a court date, including driving while suspended.
How a Madison County case moves
A misdemeanor stays in the associate division of the circuit court and is usually resolved there. A felony starts there too, with a preliminary hearing where the state has to show probable cause, and if it passes that point it is bound over to the circuit division for the rest of the case.
Each of those stages is a chance to do something useful: challenge the stop or the search, get the evidence the state is relying on, and start a conversation with the prosecutor from a position of knowing the file.
If you were charged in Fredericktown but live somewhere else
Highway 67 and Highway 72 bring a lot of people through Madison County who do not live there. If you were stopped passing through, your case is still in Fredericktown, and you still have to answer it.
In many cases we can handle court appearances so you are not driving back for every setting. We will tell you which dates you must attend in person.