Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

My bf is in jail for something he didn't do the person that committed the crime turned himself in and confessed and the victim said my bf didn't do anything ,his preliminary is coming up do you think they will drop the charges ?


Asked on 10/22/13, 5:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

I would need to know more about the facts and the allegations. But if the authorities believed your boyfriend was innocent they probably would have released him already. They don't have to believe the other person's confession.

Besides, the confession may not have exonerated your boyfriend at all. Many crimes can be committed by more than one person. And many confessions that laypeople believe will exonerate someone else really won't. For example, if the police arrest person A for drug possession and then person B says the drugs belonged to him, B's statement may not help A. Why not? Because possession and ownership are not the same thing, and people often possess items that belong to someone else.

Your boyfriend needs a lawyer right away.

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Answered on 10/23/13, 11:42 am


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