I predict this gets pleaded down to a misdemeanor with 90 days probation/suspended sentence and a deferred judgement which will lead to an expunged record if the perp can avoid arrest for 6 months.
“I predict this gets pleaded down to a misdemeanor with 90 days probation/suspended sentence and a deferred judgement which will lead to an expunged record if the perp can avoid arrest for 6 months.”
I’m not an attorney (but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night!), but (IMHO): to have the perp get away with just probation probably won’t happen unless the police agree to have the charges dropped/reduced.
True story: I have a nephew who got drunk and depressed (going through divorce) who discharged three guns a total of 16 times inside his roommate’s home. The police originally charged him with nineteen felonies, but the judge reduced the charges to three felonies (not sure why). But then the case was dismissed entirely because his roommate (the plaintiff/victim) dropped the charges. I was told the roommate did that because he was in possession of some illegal guns in his house, and he didn’t want his house searched again by the cops.
Yes, I know, what a depressing and sad story re: my nephew.
But the point is, in order to get the charges greatly reduced, the police (the victims/plaintiffs) will have to agree. After what happened and because the perp went on TV, coming of as a smirking and completely remorseless @ss, I don’t think the police will be in a generous mood.