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Defense Tactics
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:16 pm
by Jay
I find the discussions on these boards fascinating. I am curious about a situation that a friend of mine is encountering.
How would a JP view the admission of guilt of something that a person was not charged with? If the Prosecutor argues that a person "ran a red light" but you were not specifically charged with running a red light? Officer never gave testimony to the fact that the person ran a red light. Would a JP find you guilty of that offense instead of what you had been originally charged with?
Is that a defense tactic you would recommend or refrain from?
Re: Defense Tactics
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:33 pm
by viper1
Jay wrote:I find the discussions on these boards fascinating. I am curious about a situation that a friend of mine is encountering.
How would a JP view the admission of guilt of something that a person was not charged with? If the Prosecutor argues that a person "ran a red light" but you were not specifically charged with running a red light? Officer never gave testimony to the fact that the person ran a red light. Would a JP find you guilty of that offense instead of what you had been originally charged with?
Is that a defense tactic you would recommend or refrain from?
After you say guilty you at their mercy.
Nothing else matters.
sorry
Cheers
Viper1