Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Alcohol Problem

A 19 year old man claims to have drank at my wedding. 4 -5 days After my wedding, he claims to have been treated for alochol poisioning.

I now have 2 charges on me. Recklessly endangering another person, and Furnishing alcohol to a minor.

I have never been in trouble before, and the sentencing outlines for both crimes indicate probation. I got my plea offer in, and it was 3-23 mos. incarceration.

Why such an exaggerated sentence? I have since fired my public defender, and got a private laywer in hopes to prove I had nothing to do with his possibly drinking.


Asked on 7/18/08, 5:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: Alcohol Problem

Your lawyer is the best one to advise you why the D.A. is seeking incarceration. But it does sound to me like this is a difficult case for the prosecution unless the young man was hospitalized for those 4-5 days. If he was, that's a different story.

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Answered on 7/21/08, 9:35 am


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