Legal Question in Criminal Law in Oklahoma

I need help!!

I am a 21 year old female with one child and 9 months pregnant with another one. I have lived in an apartment complex with only my son and I on the lease. My son's father has been staying with us off and on. Well I came home from work one day to find the whole police force searching my apartment. My son's dad was arrested for a string of burglaries in our hometown. Well, since I had known that he had done these things and was too afraid to say anything, I am now an accessary or giulty by association one. They took me in that night and interrogated me for three hours. They told me that I would be in better condition if I just admitted that I knew what he had done and told them everything that I knew so I spilled my guts. They let me go and said that since I was so cooperative that they would put in a good word with the DA and I could probably expect probation and at the most a misdemeanor. Well now I am hearing that I may very well be arrested when I testify in court. I feel as if I should be put on probation, but not in jail since I helped lead the cops to other burlaries that he had committed. I just need some advice before I go to court because I am very scared about going to jail and losing my children!!


Asked on 1/30/05, 2:50 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Chad Moody

Re: I need help!!

Were you mirandized? Even if so you may have some defenses. Prosecutors don't make good deals out of sympathy. They do it because they think they may lose. You have got to get a lawyer. Call me at the office. I don't work for free but I often cut people a break when they have sympathetic circumstances like yours. If nothing else, I can ask you a few questions and give you some free advise on how to proceed. Talk to you soon.

Chad (405) 231-4343

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Answered on 1/30/05, 3:42 pm


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