NYC trouble - threads merged on 12.4

[Nuke And Juke]

So i got a buddy of mine, pulled a dumba$$ move. He drove to NYC (Manhattan) from GA to see some old friends and he isnt from NY. He drove into town with a revolver. He gets pulled over for broken headlights and they asked to search his car. As ignorant as he is, he figured he had nothing to hide. They find his empty revolver, locked up in a secured case. Bullets were in the trunk.

He gets tossed in jail and charged with a felony possession. Apparently, Manhattan has special laws about having a revolver. He sits in Jail for a week and they let him off with a scheduled court date in mid June.

I did some reading and it seems like he can be up the creek. He has a public defender that hasnt returned his calls and he is broke as hell and certainly cant hire anyone decent.

I told him to call NRA to get some sort of read on what's gonna happen on his court date.

Can y'all weigh in and give me some advice?

 

[Edog537]

Don't drop the soap. Should have stayed in America.

 

[MRM]

You read right. He is totally up the creek.
Is his car still impounded? He will need to have cash to pay the fines at least or he will probably go back to jail
*I'm not a lawyer*

Quick check says 7 years maximum if it was the lower felony charge.

 

[LARGO9]

Mexico is nice this time of year.

 

[MRM]

Maybe up to 15yrs and probably a mandatory prison sentence.
That sucks.

 

[3clicks_Off]

Note to self:
Stay the **** away from NYC

 

[Radar363]

How do you drive from GA to NYC with broken headlights?
And who doesn't know how strict NYC gun laws are?

 

[Smoothie]

That pretty much sucks

 

[Patronus]

There is no reason for a sane American to EVER go to NYC. Thus he should be able to plead temporary insanity.

 

[Nuke And Juke]

He got his car out of impound and drove back to GA. And it was 1 headlight. Ooops.