Oakland, CA asked in Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and White Collar Crime for California

Q: If some one was tried and convicted can they go and arrest another person for that same credit card

I Did jail time for a credit card and they arrested and is now trying to charge him now but I had ben first to do time for it so why does my friend have to do do time for using it to?..

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William M. Weinberg
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A: I think you answered your own question. Your friend to use the credit card. That’s a crime because it wasn’t his card. Therefore, the government can charge him for using the card when he should not have use the card because it does not belong to him.

A: Run on sentence -- your inquiry is unclear

A: much more info needed.

i would not discuss a pending matter in an open forum like this as you may say something that gets your friend convicted.

sounds like it might have been a conspiracy.......or one of you taking the card and another using?

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