No prior offenses I am 18 and i live in california. The shotgun was in my car, because i had found it earlier that day. It also had the serial number scraped off which is a misdemeanor.
Anyone know what i can expect for sentence?
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July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
"found it" lol
possession of a illegal lethal firearm with out a license.
bout a $4, 000 fine and 3 years jail.
July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
yeah right…tell it to the judge .
so you found a shotgun that just happened to have its serial number "scraped’ off?…and you were naive enough to pick it thinking someone must have dropped it by accident or just carelessly left it lying around???
I hope they do not tie it into a murder or a serious crime because they will take you down, take you down to china town! Big time!
If they do tie it in …you could go for murder or armed robbery both of which can be 25 to life. the circumstantial evidence ( having the weapon in your possession in your vehicle) alone will put you away and have you spending the next 10 years in appeals while in prison.
No previous record or whatever !
There is more than just ballistics that can tie weapons into criminal acts, Finger prints and DNA can also be used.
The mere fact that this weapon has deliberately had the serial number removed is a criminal act in itself. possession of this weapon therefore is also a criminal act.
What Nate p neglected to mention was that In most states even if the prints that are taken from the weapon belong to the actual perpetrator the possession is enough to see charges of being an accomplice and conspiracy to perform a criminal act neither of which require you to actually be present at the actual occurrence of the offence to be indicted, both sufficient for 10 years minimum on top of the actual crime itself.
Get a lawyer dude , a really good one!
July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Why’d you have it? This story really doesn’t wash with me. Usually when a law abiding citizen finds a firearm anywhere the FIRST THING THEY DO is notify the authorities. But you didn’t do that because that wasn’t your intention. I’m gonna assume you bought this shotgun or acquired it by another means, but thats neither here nor there, it is an illegal weapon and you will be charged with it. You would’ve been better off shooting it out with police. Pussy.
July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
You are looking at a hefty fine and some jail time. If what you said is true you should have taken it to the police at once and not driven around with it in the car. Good luck and I hope you don’t get to much time.
July 31st, 2010 at 2:53 pm
U R looking at 10 years to life for that. U should of not picked it up and call the police to have them come and get it. what was U thinking. I am sure that the gun was use to kill someone and now it is put on U because U picked it up not COOL. good luck.