Q: Can you be convicted of an Assault with a deadly weapon, if there is no weapon for evidence?
My 17 year old son and a friend were vandalizing another Teenagers car, the teenager caught them and called the police. When the police got there the teenagers girl friend tells the police that my son and the other boy pulled a gun on her. My son was arrested on 2 felony charges. Can they convict him if there was no gun ?
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Can you be convicted of a theft if they do not catch you with the item?
so if the person is able to run away and dump the weapon in a place where the police cannot find it, then they can get away with weapon charges?
I think that answers your question
How about the person gets away and they dont catch him to a year later
A: The short answer is: yes, your son can be convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon even if the police did not find a gun.
Kiele Linroth Pace agrees with this answer
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