Why does the government ramp up every charge? It was an accident. No one was hurt but the guy gets charged with a felony which means he can never own any firearms.
It is a prosecutor’s tactic.
Charge you with the most severe and as many charges as they can to persuade you to plead to a lesser charge.
It works most of the time particularly if you are be represented by a public defender.
40 posted on 10/16/2009 11:56:20 PM PDT by Pontiac
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