i was pitching in a baseball game. the pitch accidentally hit the other team's batter. the prosecutor is trying to make a case that i hit the batter on purpose i'm really nervous. i've been charged with assault causing injury. i'm on trial, what kind of a sentence am i looking at if i get convicted?
2007-11-02 16:51:14 · 6 answers · asked by alex 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Anyone who plays baseball assumes the risks of being hit by a pitched ball, or get struck by a batted ball if they are out on the bases. The prosecution has no case. Intent is extremely hard to prove. No one knows what is in the mind or heart of another person, not even the psychiatric "gods" [the shrinks].
2007-11-02 23:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since you aren't in jail, and you are using your computer, you still have time to find a good lawyer. Someone who's known to deal with underhandedness better, than say
a 'run of the mill' lawyer who has no specialties. Someone who can put up as big a fight as the guy who's suing you.
He will have to provide witnesses that you held something
against him and proved it by taking aim and hitting him with
the ball. And you will have to provide witnesses to provide
testimony that it was an accident by their watching the
game, and that you did not intentionally try to harm him.
There are plenty of lawyers who are just after the fee, and
not whether you are guilty or innocent. So they don't provide
much of a case in your defense. Don't accept their word for
anything, as I've found their word means nothing. Sometimes
it pays for a person to defend themselves in actuality.
No one can advise youhere, of what the laws are in your state, wherever it is, for assault. The prosecutor is trying to make a case out of a simple accident? There's got to be more than that going for him. They usually are out for the big bucks and do their best to win the cases. In fact, more like they are out to win the easy ones. But I do know that they will build a case from nothing, if they can persuade someone, and it does only take one person, to testify you were deliberate in your intention to maim or harm this person in some way. Remember, their job is to win a case, not to lose it. Losing does not pay the bills for him. So you will have to find a good defense attorney and do it now, rather than later. So that at least he can arrange for your bail and allow you to work with him on making a good case in your defense. Only he can tell you from the books of old cases, what types of
sentences people have gotten from similar cases. And then
often it depends on the judge governing your case. They
will all look to see if you have a prior record, and if you have
more witnesses than the prosecutor, you stand to win.
They are in it for the money, and not the game. That's their
incentive. Oh, and also for the winning reputation as well.
2007-11-03 00:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no crime because the injury was caused through accident in a baseball game.
2007-11-03 05:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your case is not a criminal one, but rather a civil case for damages, since there was no intent on your part. More likely you will just be fined an amount for damages, and will not be jailed.
2007-11-02 23:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by Felma Roel S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope they throw the case out.It should be. There was no intent to harm anyone. I hope you have a very good lawyer.
Where is this case being tried, Durham,. NC?
2007-11-03 00:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really doubt that you will get jail time If anything you will get fined and maybe have to pay court cost.
2007-11-03 07:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋