Q: Can a person be charged with hindering and apprehension if they are unaware that a person has been charged with a crime
My niece is being charged with that and is being asking to testify to hear say or spend 5 years in prison for something she didn’t know had happened until after the fact she is being confused with someone else and that person is not being charged at all. That’s person has been feeding the police lies from the beginning our family wants to know what my niece can do her attorney says that she should take the plea but that’s lying on the stand her attorney refuses to talk to me because I am an I witness to what took place that day I was standing on the balcony throughout the whole thing
A: This particular case seems very detailed. I feel the defendant needs to have a real conversation with her attorney and see all their options. What your niece and the attorney discuss is privileged and you may not have access to all the discovery (evidence). Thus, certain things happening or not happening maybe a strategic move. I would say just make sure that your niece has open communication with her attorney. In addition, if an attorney doesn't want someone to testify sometimes there are valid reasons for that, reasons most times the defendant and the attorney have already discussed. I hope this helps.
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