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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell
"the more they charge you with the better chance they will have of having at least some of it stick" is something they've been doing as long as I can remember. Five of Six charges against me were DROPPED before I went to trial or even pre trial in Florida ... As I understand it, when they beat your ass in Osceola County or most places down that way, they charge YOU with assault and everything else just to protect themselves.
I'd possibly be in much "deeper shit" if I had not worked so hard finding out exactly what time it was on both of the cases.. The mistake you're talking about, me being charged under the wrong subsection of the statute, it apparently doesn't matter because they do what the fuck they want here in kansas. Especially if you're not one of their own and your pockets are empty.
I can live with that. Nolo contendere, for now. Maybe later when I'm in a better societal position- if I ever am- and I just may end up being.
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If you get hit by the police they will charge you with resisting/assault because they will say that is why they hit you. In many cases it is dropped.
It is the other thing I don't follow. You say you got a lighter sentence because they charged you under the wrong subsection of the statute. Does this mean that once the mistake was pointed out they dropped some charged therefore you avoided any punishment for them or does this mean that they modified the charges to put them under the correct subsection which then carried a much lighter penalty?
Also, you say you never drive drunk, but you were charged with DUI. Had you drank at all in the few hours before you got behind the wheel? You might be shocked at how little you actually have to drink to be over the legal limit.