So my friend started dealing about a 2 months ago.(cannabis only) apparently a 27 year old who he didn't even know bought 4 oz. every three days at whatever price my friend said.(turned out to be an undercover) I know i know, this kid isn't the smartest. Anyways the cops busted down his door with a search warrant and charged him with possession of 6oz with intent to sell and something else.(both class 3) While he was in his jail cell he had an asthma attack. Apparently the cops didn't call for the paramedics right away.
Now he is expecting to get off the hook because of it.
I keep telling him that he has a law suit against the cops but he is still charged with these 2 felonies, can still do jail time, and these 2 incidents don't relate to each other.
Him having an asthma attack doesn't change the fact that he was caught with a shitload of weed and is guilty does it?
I would like to add that I do NOT associate with this behavior in ANY way.(he is more a friend of a friend.)
2007-09-04 16:15:22 · 8 answers · asked by thyphillipcat@sbcglobal.net 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If he is lucky he will end up in a prison that takes good care of his asthma, If he is not he will join those that did not get adequate medical help with that and were found dead in their cells the next morning.
As soon as he turns up in court with that attitude he is showing he is guaranteed to have little chance of being let off.
2007-09-04 16:21:44 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -- the police officers' neglect in obtaining medical attention for your "friend of a friend" doesn't modify the fact that he was charged with two felonies . . . it probably wouldn't even be useful as a bargaining tool against the police.
He might want to talk to his attorney though, because he could have a civil claim -- and if he won that, when he got out of jail, he'd at least have a little money to start a new (drug-free) life on.
2007-09-04 16:53:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me congratulate you for not hanging around with him.
You are right: the asthma attack is completely separate from the weed. He's not likely to get out of the felony, and he is also not likely to win a civil suit based on them not calling the ambulance, unless he can prove he either died or became brain damanged.
Since he was already caught with the weed before the attack, the DA can use that to show he was braindamaged BEFORE the arrest.
2007-09-04 16:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by Marlon M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two difference circumstances. he can file charges from his cell after the trial for dealing. Was he hospitalized for the asthma attack? If not, he better just worry about the original charges.
2007-09-04 16:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your "friend" needs to be concentrating in the fact that he has 2 felony charges on him and how to freaking change and better his life, instead of trying to get out by another incident tat is not even related to the charges that put him in jail to start with. and by the way, that crap of the asthma attack isn't gonna fly...
2007-09-04 16:28:13 · answer #5 · answered by wanna_help_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol suing the cops because they didn't "call the paramedics right away" is funny. Just imagine in foreign countries you wouldn't receive any help. None of the guards would rush to "save your life". Your friend should be thankful he is alive.
2007-09-04 16:22:51 · answer #6 · answered by aol_sucks_but_im 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He will be doing some jail time, probably like 6-9 months and 5 years probabation on top of it.
2007-09-04 16:24:31 · answer #7 · answered by Bryan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually bringing this up in court could actually HURT his case and sentencing. It could make it appear that instead of realizing the severity of the situation and being truly sorry..... he instead is trying to weasal out of it.
2007-09-05 02:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by jackson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋