Legal Question in Criminal Law in Hawaii

counterfeiting charges

my public defender wants me to plead guilty for charges of counterfeiting us currency. copies of 100 notes were found in a trash bag in my room. i did not make them myself but had knowledge of what was going on. what should i do?


Asked on 9/24/07, 7:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Rustam Barbee Rustam A. Barbee, Attorney at Law

Re: counterfeiting charges

You are not liable for mere knowlege that a crime was or had been comitted without doing anything to assist. You would be liable if you assisted in any fashion.

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Answered on 9/26/07, 3:43 pm


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