Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

So my friend was visiting his child at his baby's mothers house on halloween, when leaving a group of about 12 guys came out from the next door house, with one of them beckoning my friend to fight, my friend told them he didnt want to fight and proceeded to hop in his car, at that point the man starts running up to the car and even threw a beer bottle at the car, then proceeded to jump in front of the car as my friend was pulling off and in the process got hit by the car, my friend quickly went to the corner and came back to make sure the young man was ok, which at the time he said he was fine. about a week or so later my friend gets arrested for assault with a deadly weapon stating the kid pressed charges saying my friend tried to run him over 3 times. Now on bail my friend started recieving text messages from the kid to pay him or he won't drop the fines. Isn't this some sort of extortion? And can't this be played as a self defence case since he felt in jeapordy of his life so started to flee, and the kid jumped in front of him to make him stop his car and got hit.


Asked on 12/06/13, 11:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Steven Mandell Law Offices of Steven R. Mandell

This case can be defended with a claim of self defense, and the texts from the guy should be saved as they may be evidence of extortion. Your friend needs a criminal defense attorney now. Assault with a deadly weapon (the deadly weapon being the automobile) is a strike offense and could also trigger a LIFETIME driver's license revocation. These are serious charges. If your friend would like to talk to me about this case, have him call me. Good luck. Steve Mandell 310 393 0639

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Answered on 12/07/13, 6:43 am


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