Strength Of Witness Statements?
My wife has been accused of hitting a car in a parking lot. She does not believe she did. There were apparently 2 witnesses (a pair of witnesses in another parked car) that claim she did. They left our vehicle info on the damaged car and a few months later we heard about it from our insurance and the police. Long story short, the police had charged my wife with "failure to report" based on the witness statements. Nobody, not the police, us, witnesses (apparently) or an insurance appraiser has found any damage on our vehicle that would relate to this alleged collision. We have spoken with a lawyer who seems to think that if this goes to court, the decision could go either way. I am looking to see what others think. Would 2 witness statements (from 2 people in the same car), and what so far seems like only these statements, be enough proof or evidence to find my wife guilty of failing to report an accident? For what it's worth, the damage to the other vehicle was approximately $1200 though I don't know yet what type of vehicle it was. We have a 1994 GMC truck with steel bumpers.
Thanks for any insight.