Another update about dumb punk with gun.

[JOERM]

As of last week the kid that got arrested for packing heat into Jackpot and driving w/o a license and stealing his dad's truck is Scott free. We know little other then that the arresting cop did not file the paper work correctly or filed incorrect paper work? Either way, the kid is free and nobody knows where he is. And no lesson learned, only to do what he did once again, maybe not, hope not.

My question to any LEO's here, what the hell kind of screw up could have happened with paper work???

My next question is, can I go to the court house and get this info? Because it deals with a felon, driving w/o a license on two accounts, who is not allowed to have a gun, straps on his dads Biretta 9mm and goes to Jackpot, gets arrested and a few weeks later he is set free! How, again, how can something like this get screwed up? His grandpa has a lot of influence in the town but I cannot imagine that much.

Joe

 

[jimmyj]

1. Folks with money/political connections have "Special considerations".
2. negative miranda?
3. Arrest Affidavits not filed at first appearance?

 

[seagill]

Not a LEO, so can't answer the first question. Court records are pubic records. Anyone should be able to access them.

 

[Mortech]

What county here on the peninsula did it occur ?

 

[oldman45]

My guess, and it happens often, is the local DA is friends with the family and dropped charges on some minor piece of missing information from the arresting officer.

Not saying this works in the case of murder or serious felony but I know many people that can call their friend (local DA, Judge, etc) and get a charge dropped.

Even I was able to call a favor at the court house a few weeks ago when a nephew (by marriage) was picked up driving while under suspension and illegal carrying of a weapon. All charges were dropped but he lost the gun that was seized. Granted he is a low life but his mother is a great person that has lost her husband (died) and now she is suffering with a terminal illness. I felt I had to do it.

Lawyers often charge a nice fee for just picking up the phone and calling a friend at the DAs office to make things go away.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

My guess, and it happens often, is the local DA is friends with the family and dropped charges on some minor piece of missing information from the arresting officer.

Not saying this works in the case of murder or serious felony but I know many people that can call their friend (local DA, Judge, etc) and get a charge dropped.

Even I was able to call a favor at the court house a few weeks ago when a nephew (by marriage) was picked up driving while under suspension and illegal carrying of a weapon. All charges were dropped but he lost the gun that was seized. Granted he is a low life but his mother is a great person that has lost her husband (died) and now she is suffering with a terminal illness. I felt I had to do it.

Lawyers often charge a nice fee for just picking up the phone and calling a friend at the DAs office to make things go away.

I don't suppose you could perhaps post that on a few more forums or maybe get Lee to make it a sticky-I don't think enough people saw it .........

 

[Andy Griffith]

I don't think the majority of lawyers- even in parts of the country where the "good ol' boy system" is still supposedly reported to be alive and well, are in the "in" crowd for doing stuff like this.

The "good old boy" administrations have been out of office a long, long time in the south. I believe they exist much more in a different sense north of the Mason-Dixon line- but usually attached to money. Take Chicago for example...

Huey Long, Eugene Talmadge and Lester Maddox haven't been governors in years- times have changed.

It was likely thrown out to paperwork, overcrowding and etc.

Of course, if a lawyer could do it...it would be Cajun.
(Cajun- I get 50% of the cut for the advertisement. )
I think it's mainly because they don't want to smell 'im coming into the courtroom!

 

[sipowicz]

On the police report box marked 'jail?', he probably checked no instead of yes by mistake.

 

[oldman45]

I don't think the majority of lawyers- even in parts of the country where the "good ol' boy system" is still supposedly reported to be alive and well, are in the "in" crowd for doing stuff like this.

The "good old boy" administrations have been out of office a long, long time in the south. I believe they exist much more in a different sense north of the Mason-Dixon line- but usually attached to money. Take Chicago for example...

Huey Long, Eugene Talmadge and Lester Maddox haven't been governors in years- times have changed.

It was likely thrown out to paperwork, overcrowding and etc.

I disagree. Being in the courtroom a few times a week, sitting in on some back room deals, having lunches with Judges, attorneys and such, I can assure you the "good old boy" system is alive and well all over the US. We have seen it done with political appointments, criminals being released (some of which may have gotten political appointments) and lucrative contracts.

Cajun is a good attorney and almost honest. He can affirm that many times a deal is cut on a criminal case long before even the accused learns his fate. Attorneys are good at bargaining outside the courtroom. The more friends they have that went to law school with them, the better they can work something out. An attorney I know well is being paid thousands of dollars to keep an accused off death row and the person has not even gone to court yet. The money being paid is wasted since the accused is 73 yrs of age, will not go to court until at least next year and then normal appeals process will last about 14 years. The DA has not even formally stated he will seek the death penalty which he will not due to age, health and the issues with going after a DP case. The accused will die in jail long before any death sentence could be carried out even if they got the death penalty. Yet the system allows attorneys to make a lot of money off the case prior to court.

Yet the system is not just in law, it is everywhere. Get stopped for speeding, show you badge and drive off. Officers do not give other officers tickets. Not saying it works 100% of the time but it works most of the time.

My daughter needed a pricey room of furniture for her new home. I went with her to a upper scale furniture store. The salesman and I went to school together. She got a $1,100 furniture set for $399 because it suddenly became a scratched set.

I will not even get into what happens during political races other than to say the system works.

 

[DeadAye]

Who cares if you get a break on furniture? I say, Good for you...
OTOH - We all get screwed when the CJS is manipulated by buddies and money.

My grandfather immigrated from Croatia (LEGALLY, btw) and used to say (among other things) - The only thing wrong with The United States is that a rich man can get away with murder but a poor man can go to jail for killing a rabbit.

 

[old bear]

Cajun is a good attorney and almost honest.

Now that's a ringing endorsement!!

 

[oldman45]

Now that's a ringing endorsement!!

Sorry, I forgot to say that he is also fair with his clients. Not real sure how fair he is when gun dealing.