Is it a felony to suggest payment for services in an email?

[azteca3000]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TEXAS
I suggested to a Well established company to to provide a illegal service in my home and I would pay him cash for this illegal services, now his promised to forward that email to the cops can that be a felony?

 

[FlyingRon]

Forwarding to the police is not a felony.

If what ever criminal act you were soliciting is a felony, the fact that you did it over email isn't any different than if you had done it in person or in writing.

 

[jsmith416]

If the police want to talk to you just don't answer any questions. They have no way of proving an email came from you unless you are dumb enough to admit it. You can set up an email account to look like it came from anybody.

 

[FlyingRon]

Don't be so certain. With the reasonable sleuthing and the cooperation of the ISP they can trace it back to you.

 

[cyjeff]

Oh, the criminal mind.

"Sure", you say, "I want to entice a company to perform an illegal act... and I want them to do it in my home, but I don't want to have to get my ever spreading ass off the couch - 2 1/2 Men is almost on - so I will just put everything in writing and send an email."

I would just forward it to the cops... it will save them time.

 

[cyjeff]

If the police want to talk to you just don't answer any questions. They have no way of proving an email came from you unless you are dumb enough to admit it. You can set up an email account to look like it came from anybody.

Are you forgetting that he included his home address?

That would, at least, provide probable cause.

 

[garrula lingua]

Oh, the criminal mind.

"Sure", you say, "I want to entice a company to perform an illegal act... and I want them to do it in my home, but I don't want to have to get my ever spreading ass off the couch - 2 1/2 Men is almost on - so I will just put everything in writing and send an email."

I would just forward it to the cops... it will save them time.

HaHaHa ... my favorite kind of criminal!
Thanks for the laugh

 

[jsmith416]

Are you forgetting that he included his home address?

That would, at least, provide probable cause.

I don't know what a judge would consider probable cause but anybody could type anybody else's address in an email.

I mean if I hated Bob and knew where he lived I could make out an email like it was from Bob to the police admitting to some horrible crime and providing my address and asking them to come arrest me. When the police showed up at his house would they have a right to force entry because they thought a criminal was inside?

 

[cyjeff]

I don't know what a judge would consider probable cause but anybody could type anybody else's address in an email.

I mean if I hated Bob and knew where he lived I could make out an email like it was from Bob to the police admitting to some horrible crime and providing my address and asking them to come arrest me. When the police showed up at his house would they have a right to force entry because they thought a criminal was inside?

I didn't say forced entry.

I said probable cause... to talk to Bob and, perhaps, to arrest Bob and have the court work out the details.

 

[jsmith416]

I said probable cause... to talk to Bob and, perhaps, to arrest Bob and have the court work out the details.

Well yea if Bob (in my example) was stupid enough to admit to some other crime perhaps. But merely refusing to answer police questions can not be taken as a indication of guilt. The Supreme Court ruled on this a long time ago.