Legal Advice Thread

[Space05us]

I bet you opened this expecting that I did something, didnt you?

Whats the punishment for commiting a petty misdemeanor?

[Donegeal]

We point and laugh.

[GePap]

Ritual strangulation, followed by castration, then disembowlment.

Why?

[Space05us]

Why?

Just curious. It sounds like something they would yell at you for and then let you go, but police are never so kind. Would they fine you money, community service etc? Would you sit in a county jail for a day? What?

[Donegeal]

Well that depends on what you mean by petty misdemeanor.

[GePap]

Well, here is a very interesting New Mexico link about the subject:

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/cda/article_print/0,2558,ALBQ_19858_3843254_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html

[GePap]

And another version of the same article: why did they have two?

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_3842578,00.html

[Space05us]

That helps a little bit. Thank you GePap.

[General Ludd]

Just tell us what you're going to do.

[Space05us]

Originally posted by General Ludd
Just tell us what you're going to do.

Walking to work the other day I was provided with enough reason to carry a weapon with me. A man was walking the opposite way along the sidewalk and was a little ways away. He squared up with me and his body language went from casual to hostile. So I did likewise, puffed myself up, started walking faster, and looked him dead in the eye with the meanest look I could muster. Needless to say when he was about 15 feet from me he stepped to the side and kept walking, head hung in fear.

Afterwards the thought passed through my mind that that was an incredibly stupid thing I had just done. He could have had a weapon, or next time something like that does happen they might be a lot bigger than me.

I said before that if someone approached me in a hostile manner I would sooner run than fight, well unfortunatly my brain doesnt agree with my cojones.

[Zkribbler]

Re: Legal Advice Thread

Originally posted by Space05us
Whats the punishment for commiting a petty misdemeanor?

IIRC, max. for a misdemeanor is one year in county jail.
Felony in more than a year in state prison.

I don't know what makes a misdemeanor "petty" but it sounds like you'd be serving a lot less time. If you have a spotless record, they'll probably yell at you, give you probation and let you go.

But remember Jim Carey's advice to his client in Liar Liar: "Stop breaking the law, @hole!"

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BTW: I have you beat in the stupid department. I once faced down a mugger with a knife. --But he was really, really rude, and he made me mad. ...

[asleepathewheel]

Speaking generally...

Yup misdemeanor is typically 365 or less in jail. Most probably won't come with probation, rather community service, if anything, because with probation comes potential back up time in jail. bad bad bad. If its your first arrest or whatever jurisdiction specific blah blah, you can probably get a diversion from prosecution for a nominal fee.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
Speaking generally...

Yup misdemeanor is typically 365 or less in jail. Most probably won't come with probation, rather community service, if anything, because with probation comes potential back up time in jail. bad bad bad. If its your first arrest or whatever jurisdiction specific blah blah, you can probably get a diversion from prosecution for a nominal fee.

Ah ha! I see asleepathewheel is inappropriately named!

[asleepathewheel]

Most traffic offenses are infractions, anyway