What is the name of your state? New York
I have recently been arrested with two of my other friends for assualting a female at a restaurant. All three of us are not guilty and decide to plead so. The female tripped on her way out of the ladies room and for some reason thought that it was my friend who tripped her. It was a very tight area and two of my friends were closest to the ladiesroom while I was the furthest away. When she hit my friend, I and my other fiend tried to pull her away and she hit us too and we all ended in a 30 second scuffle. The cops came, she started to drop on the floor and cried hysterically. She requested to go to the hospital and now she has a report that she has brusies and a cut lip.
I am 24 years old and do not want any criminal records on my name. I don't know if I should pleade guilty and take the light sentence of a violation and the attorney said that this will all be dismissed and sealed or I can keep fighting it. I'm afraid that I don't have any proof that I did not do anything wrong and if I keep fighting it and end up guilty anyway, I will have a criminal record then. Will I have to go to jail? What should I do?
Thank you for any help that anyone can suggest.
I have recently been arrested with two of my other friends for assualting a female at a restaurant. All three of us are not guilty and decide to plead so. The female tripped on her way out of the ladies room and for some reason thought that it was my friend who tripped her. It was a very tight area and two of my friends were closest to the ladiesroom while I was the furthest away. When she hit my friend, I and my other fiend tried to pull her away and she hit us too and we all ended in a 30 second scuffle. The cops came, she started to drop on the floor and cried hysterically. She requested to go to the hospital and now she has a report that she has brusies and a cut lip.
I am 24 years old and do not want any criminal records on my name. I don't know if I should pleade guilty and take the light sentence of a violation and the attorney said that this will all be dismissed and sealed or I can keep fighting it. I'm afraid that I don't have any proof that I did not do anything wrong and if I keep fighting it and end up guilty anyway, I will have a criminal record then. Will I have to go to jail? What should I do?
Thank you for any help that anyone can suggest.