What is the name of your state? Colorado
My son in law is 23 and at 6 am this morning (Sunday) went outside (he lives in an apt.) and smoked a cigarette. He was wearing a shirt and a pair of black gym shorts and had a blanket wrapped around him. He walked up and down the sidewalk and he stepped out on the street to see how icy it was, then went back inside. Well, a neighbor saw him and called the police and said he was naked except for the blanket and was exposing himself to cars that were driving by. At 6 am on Sunday only 1 car went by and only that one person called the police. They arrived at his house at 7:30 and went directly to his apt. The person who complained lives across the street in a different complex but they are always looking over at my Daughter and son-in-laws place. Anyway, by the time the police came, he was in the shower and came out wearing only a towel. My daughter was at work and they took him and my 4 month old grandson down to the police station so they could fingerprint him and gave him a ticket for indecent exposure. They also took the blanket and his shoes that he was wearing for evidence. There was a light snow on the ground from last night and his shoe prints were still on the snow. But that doesn't prove anything, only that he was outside at some point. My question is this: He doesn't want to plead guilty, but he doesn't want to go through a trial either. Can he plead no contest and still not have this on his record as a sex offender? It is just that guys word against his, no one else saw him and all the evidence is circumstantial from where I sit. Thanks for any suggestions.
My son in law is 23 and at 6 am this morning (Sunday) went outside (he lives in an apt.) and smoked a cigarette. He was wearing a shirt and a pair of black gym shorts and had a blanket wrapped around him. He walked up and down the sidewalk and he stepped out on the street to see how icy it was, then went back inside. Well, a neighbor saw him and called the police and said he was naked except for the blanket and was exposing himself to cars that were driving by. At 6 am on Sunday only 1 car went by and only that one person called the police. They arrived at his house at 7:30 and went directly to his apt. The person who complained lives across the street in a different complex but they are always looking over at my Daughter and son-in-laws place. Anyway, by the time the police came, he was in the shower and came out wearing only a towel. My daughter was at work and they took him and my 4 month old grandson down to the police station so they could fingerprint him and gave him a ticket for indecent exposure. They also took the blanket and his shoes that he was wearing for evidence. There was a light snow on the ground from last night and his shoe prints were still on the snow. But that doesn't prove anything, only that he was outside at some point. My question is this: He doesn't want to plead guilty, but he doesn't want to go through a trial either. Can he plead no contest and still not have this on his record as a sex offender? It is just that guys word against his, no one else saw him and all the evidence is circumstantial from where I sit. Thanks for any suggestions.