alex_rios12
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas
2 nights ago, my cousin Rick, his friend Tom, and I were driving in Tom's truck to go get fireworks. As we were driving off of the freeway the truck behind us started to honk his horn at us because we had slowed down abruptly due to the car in front of us flashing his signal light but had changed his mind last minute. Tom responded to the honking by flashing his middle finger out the window, the truck began to tailgate us for a couple of miles. Tom got mad and told Rick to grab the unloaded shotgun he kept in the backseat to scare them off. Rick reaches to the backseat where i was and grabs it and nearly hits me in the head with it so I push it away. Rick starts to wave the gun out the window and points it at the truck. I start to lay down in the backseat afraid that the other truck could have a gun too. The truck then gets behind Rick and continues to follow us around, and i suspect he was calling the police. I yell at Rick and tell him to stop and give me the gun to put back, which he does.(i regret this the most because my fingerprints will show up on the weapon)Tom starts trying to lose the truck and eventually does, but a few minutes later our truck is surrounded by about 7 police cars. They arrest us all and tell us that we are suspects in charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. We all spent 2 nights in jail with bonds set at $25,000.
I need all the help I can get to clear my name. I made a huge mistake by getting in the car with them, I didn't know he kept a gun in his truck. I never would have thought in my entire life that i'd know what it's like to be in jail, and I just spent two disastrous and humiliating nights there. I didn't point a gun out of the window and I didn't threaten anybodoy's life with a weapon, yet i could possibly be charged with a 1st degree felony that says i'm just as guilty as the people in the front seat. I don't even believe the truck knows I was in the vehicle because I was ducking down for most of the event. I can't imagine living my life with this kind of burden on my back, and i'm terrified about being considered a criminal. I'm just an 18 year old kid who fell into this horrible situation, and i don't know what to do. PLEASE get back to me as soon as you can with any kind of advice that you believe can help me.
Here are a few questions that I have:
Is there any chance that I can qualify for deferred adjudication?
Would that be a good choice?
Do I Plead Not Guilty, Gulity, or No Contest? Because I feel that I'm not guilty but I'm told I should plead no contest.
Is there any chance I can live a normal life after this?
2 nights ago, my cousin Rick, his friend Tom, and I were driving in Tom's truck to go get fireworks. As we were driving off of the freeway the truck behind us started to honk his horn at us because we had slowed down abruptly due to the car in front of us flashing his signal light but had changed his mind last minute. Tom responded to the honking by flashing his middle finger out the window, the truck began to tailgate us for a couple of miles. Tom got mad and told Rick to grab the unloaded shotgun he kept in the backseat to scare them off. Rick reaches to the backseat where i was and grabs it and nearly hits me in the head with it so I push it away. Rick starts to wave the gun out the window and points it at the truck. I start to lay down in the backseat afraid that the other truck could have a gun too. The truck then gets behind Rick and continues to follow us around, and i suspect he was calling the police. I yell at Rick and tell him to stop and give me the gun to put back, which he does.(i regret this the most because my fingerprints will show up on the weapon)Tom starts trying to lose the truck and eventually does, but a few minutes later our truck is surrounded by about 7 police cars. They arrest us all and tell us that we are suspects in charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. We all spent 2 nights in jail with bonds set at $25,000.
I need all the help I can get to clear my name. I made a huge mistake by getting in the car with them, I didn't know he kept a gun in his truck. I never would have thought in my entire life that i'd know what it's like to be in jail, and I just spent two disastrous and humiliating nights there. I didn't point a gun out of the window and I didn't threaten anybodoy's life with a weapon, yet i could possibly be charged with a 1st degree felony that says i'm just as guilty as the people in the front seat. I don't even believe the truck knows I was in the vehicle because I was ducking down for most of the event. I can't imagine living my life with this kind of burden on my back, and i'm terrified about being considered a criminal. I'm just an 18 year old kid who fell into this horrible situation, and i don't know what to do. PLEASE get back to me as soon as you can with any kind of advice that you believe can help me.
Here are a few questions that I have:
Is there any chance that I can qualify for deferred adjudication?
Would that be a good choice?
Do I Plead Not Guilty, Gulity, or No Contest? Because I feel that I'm not guilty but I'm told I should plead no contest.
Is there any chance I can live a normal life after this?