CavemanLawyer
Senior Member
Jesus man you don't even understand what he said. He was a CI for the Feds, either directly or through the DEA, they were just going to let the State prosecute his involvement. His deal would be on the State case in exchange for his work on the federal prosecution of the rest of the group. And yes it was in writing. He said he signed a contract to be a CI just that there was no formal guarantee of what would happen on his case. That is not uncommon when working with the Feds because they are a separate jurisdiction than the State and can't make deals on State prosecution independently. Just having your case prosecuted by the State rather than the Feds in and of itself can be a huge deal.
The proper thing to do would have been to take his copy of the contract and have an unrelated attorney review it. It was imperative that he use an attorney that had no ties to the other members of this conspiracy. With the help of that attorney he could have made an informed decision as to whether he could negotiate a different contract, whether he should continue being a CI, or whether it was safe enough to terminate his CI status. This isn't a misdemeanor and this really does not have anything to do with his conscience. I'm sure CI's have that luxury when ratting out a fellow pot head but this guy is apparently working against some pretty major criminals if they are the subject of a Federal conspiracy charge. In a situation like this you've got to weigh your legal exposure against the threat of the gang. I doubt anyone put a hit out on you when you backed out of your misdemeanor CI agreement. Only the original poster knows whether that's what's coming for him.
The proper thing to do would have been to take his copy of the contract and have an unrelated attorney review it. It was imperative that he use an attorney that had no ties to the other members of this conspiracy. With the help of that attorney he could have made an informed decision as to whether he could negotiate a different contract, whether he should continue being a CI, or whether it was safe enough to terminate his CI status. This isn't a misdemeanor and this really does not have anything to do with his conscience. I'm sure CI's have that luxury when ratting out a fellow pot head but this guy is apparently working against some pretty major criminals if they are the subject of a Federal conspiracy charge. In a situation like this you've got to weigh your legal exposure against the threat of the gang. I doubt anyone put a hit out on you when you backed out of your misdemeanor CI agreement. Only the original poster knows whether that's what's coming for him.
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