Update on our Negligent Discharge case...
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stevie_d_64
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BTW, for those who have been wondering...
I found out about the "bullet"...
Apparently the bullet totally shattered on the floor at the event, and did not richochet off into anything that could have been determined to be damaged by the discharge, other than the injury to the hand...
Apparently passing through the hand was almost enough to take an appreciable amount of velocity and energy out of the round to not be an issue...I also believe nothing was recovered in that regard...
Another reason the case was dissmissed was that the DA in their investigation discovered discrepancies in their witnesses and complatents testimonies...So they conferred with the defendents attorney and basically said, "What do you want to do?", at which point it became academic...
I believe this was the right call, both sides of the case came to a very welcome agreement and the judge in this case obviously agreed that this was a "fortunate" accident (with only minor injury and no deaths), and that the lesson has been learned...
The former defendant gets his CHL back immediately, all his property is returned, and life goes on...
The key to this is having a very knowledgable legal representative, be patient with them, and let them work the issues...Do not consider plea-ing anything if the attorney says it is still possible to get things reduced further or being outright dismissed, as in this case...
I found out about the "bullet"...
Apparently the bullet totally shattered on the floor at the event, and did not richochet off into anything that could have been determined to be damaged by the discharge, other than the injury to the hand...
Apparently passing through the hand was almost enough to take an appreciable amount of velocity and energy out of the round to not be an issue...I also believe nothing was recovered in that regard...
Another reason the case was dissmissed was that the DA in their investigation discovered discrepancies in their witnesses and complatents testimonies...So they conferred with the defendents attorney and basically said, "What do you want to do?", at which point it became academic...
I believe this was the right call, both sides of the case came to a very welcome agreement and the judge in this case obviously agreed that this was a "fortunate" accident (with only minor injury and no deaths), and that the lesson has been learned...
The former defendant gets his CHL back immediately, all his property is returned, and life goes on...
The key to this is having a very knowledgable legal representative, be patient with them, and let them work the issues...Do not consider plea-ing anything if the attorney says it is still possible to get things reduced further or being outright dismissed, as in this case...
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