Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Can they send me to jail?

my boyfriend and I have been dating for 7 months, I'm 18 and he is 15 (turning 16) this is my first year in college and he is still in high school, but we met in HS... we've kept it a secret for the past 3 months because of problems occurring with his mother. (she's borderline nuts) anyway, I used to write him notes and gave them to a friend to pass on to him and only he was supposed to read the notes. He kept them hidden in his school backpack. Yesterday she ended up snooping around in his backpack and took the notes and read them. I do not remember what I wrote in any of them, only a few things such as he should open a bank account and that I hoped his mother got into a car accident, or I hoped something horrible would happen to her.I never mentioned anything about me making sure she got hurt, just that I wished and hoped these things upon her. She called my mother last night screaming and harassing her saying she showed the notes to a lawyer.

I do not know what is going to happen. My parents feel that whatever I wrote will make me wind up in jail. I'm not sure at all and I'm completely scared. If i have to go to court, I will, but then again my boyfriend said he would testify against her.


Asked on 4/12/09, 12:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Valerie Masters Valerie Masters, P.A.

Re: Can they send me to jail?

I would not worry about the note, I would worry about the fact it is illegal for an adult(you) to have sexual contact with a child(your boyfriend).

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Answered on 4/12/09, 7:38 pm


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