Q: Can you be found guilty of 1st degree assualt if you are in your home with a bb gun and someone is trying to come in?
You locked the doors and your unaware the police are outside and someone is trying to enter your home after you have locked the doors.You see someone sticking there arm threw the window on the door so you grab a bb gun and tell them if they come in there gonna get it.The police didnt knock or announce that they were there and you thought it was someone trying to assualt you.The door never was opened and i never went outside with the gun.The police saw me standing in my kitchen with the bb gun and ordered me to drop it and get on the floor and once i realized it was a police officer i compleyed and the officer reached threw the window and unlocked the door.I was charged with 1st degree assualt.
A: Yes, but you can also be found not guilty if defended properly. This is a very serious charge, and a lot more facts are needed to evaluate your defense, but the last place to want to be posting details is on a public forum accessible by law enforcement. Call a lawyer and schedule a private consultation as soon as possible.
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