jesusizlord
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Cindy, California
My son was arrested and charged with intent to cause bodily injury. He got into a fight with another young man. Police went to my son's friends home and arrested him. The other young man involved [he is on probation] was not arrested. My son has a clean record, and this is his first run in with the law. The report states that my son did admit to getting into a fight with the young man, the same was said by the young man - the young man hit my son first, as far as I know, it states it in the police report. The public defender wants my son to take a felony. I have repeatedly voiced that he needs to fight for a misdemeanor. Why is the attorney being adamant about the charge? My sons bail was set at $50,000 - I then pushed for a bail reduction, it was only reduced to $30,000. I am trying to learn the law as I go. I need advice as to what to do next! Unfortunately, the defender is making it near impossible to give him a fair trial! Oh, and why would the young man still be out on the streets, with a probation violatio? The attorney himself told me that the police dept. that we were dealing with was crooked and if they wanted to pin someone with something, they would accomplish it. Not quite sure how all this should be affecting my son**************I need some further direction. My son was arrested on 9/25/08 and currently still in jail.
My son was arrested and charged with intent to cause bodily injury. He got into a fight with another young man. Police went to my son's friends home and arrested him. The other young man involved [he is on probation] was not arrested. My son has a clean record, and this is his first run in with the law. The report states that my son did admit to getting into a fight with the young man, the same was said by the young man - the young man hit my son first, as far as I know, it states it in the police report. The public defender wants my son to take a felony. I have repeatedly voiced that he needs to fight for a misdemeanor. Why is the attorney being adamant about the charge? My sons bail was set at $50,000 - I then pushed for a bail reduction, it was only reduced to $30,000. I am trying to learn the law as I go. I need advice as to what to do next! Unfortunately, the defender is making it near impossible to give him a fair trial! Oh, and why would the young man still be out on the streets, with a probation violatio? The attorney himself told me that the police dept. that we were dealing with was crooked and if they wanted to pin someone with something, they would accomplish it. Not quite sure how all this should be affecting my son**************I need some further direction. My son was arrested on 9/25/08 and currently still in jail.