Just kinda curious. They did shoot the Allentown Bros., but that was self defense. They were not involved with Cheddars gang. It might be a stretch, but the driving issues would have been handled without either of them going to jail.
If anyone has any idea, please let me know.
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I don't think it was for shooting the Allentown Brothers since they were still alive at the end.
shareAllentown boys shooting would have been self defense... the reason they went to jail was for selling drugs to Anna Ferris.
shareTo start it off, a macabre detail: a woman still sits in jail, after being sentenced to 10 years for her involvement in drug trafficking.
The catch? She wasn't part of that criminal enterprise, the perps used her apartment without her knowledge or there being drugs involved. Okay, anybody can be stupid or naive, but here comes the weird: all the perps with existing criminal records cut a deal with the DA's office to testify against her, who had no prior record. They walked, and she got convicted. The point is expecting the system to work is a bit utopian.
What could they be charge them with? Consumption and distribution of controlled substances, the use of unregistered firearms/or use of firearms involved in a prior criminal act (fun fact, buying a gun privately without paperwork, something the NRA is supporting, only said piece turning up in a homicide, and the original owner reports it stolen, and it's in your possession, you're by default a person of interest), carrying a firearm without a license, use of a firearm with deadly intent (they had no witnesses they shot the Dresden guys out of self defense) carjacking, driving without a license, assault, conspiracy to commit murder, accessory to kidnapping, possession of controlled substances with intent to sell and distribute.
This being a comedy, most of it went away, they got months for minor violations.
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To start it off, a macabre detail: a woman still sits in jail, after being sentenced to 10 years for her involvement in drug trafficking.
The catch? She wasn't part of that criminal enterprise, the perps used her apartment without her knowledge or there being drugs involved. Okay, anybody can be stupid or naive, but here comes the weird: all the perps with existing criminal records cut a deal with the DA's office to testify against her, who had no prior record. They walked, and she got convicted. The point is expecting the system to work is a bit utopian.
Sounds to me like the lady had a very bad attorney. It's like someone borrowing your car, then using it to rob a bank. The owner should not be liable. Also, it depends on what state a person lives in. In Louisiana, you can still do very hard time for very little marijuana. Since this film took place in California, perhaps the laws were less stringent.
That said, this movie is a movie, and a comedy as well. We should be able to suspend belief a bit for comedies, for drama the bar is a bit higher.
It was mandatory sentencing with a public defender, and the former is federal, so it's pretty much irrelevant where she lived, but still a good example of a legal anomaly, based on guilt by association.
Of course we should, it wasn't Godfather, I've merely listed a few they'd be charged with in real life, not in-universe.
I live in the Gordius Apartment Complex, my interior designer was M.C. Escher.
What's the woman's name? That's horrible if true.
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