Q: My cousin (15 years old) was just charged with assault on her 2 sisters ( 17 & 13 years).
It doesn't look good for my cousin, she was accused of hitting her two sister during an argument, cops came & got everyone's story that she did so but half of the people that gave the story wasn't even present. Me & my cousin have the same story but the cops said that "technally" I don't count, which doesn't make since because I was one of the people present. My cousin has rough past, and she just barley got off probation. Her mother is the one who pressed the charges toward her. She has court in 5 days, please tell me what I can do or altleast what you think will happened to her, I am in the state of Utah, thank you.
A: They should be in Juvenille court, so contact a criminal defense attorney who works in that sub-specialty to assist her.
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