Facts:
My client was arrested and charged with loitering and prowling. This is a misdemeanor charge and my client was not happy about it. He did not want something called loitering and prowling on his record.
He was seen walking around a neighborhood in the middle of the day trying to open car doors and knocking on people’s front doors, asking to be let in. When he was detained by the police, he was disoriented and unable to say where he was.
My client hired me to help.
The Case:
The reason why my client was in that neighborhood was because he had just left the hospital against doctor’s orders while heavily medicated. He had been in the hospital for a few days due to seizures and felt like he was being mistreated through overmedication. So, he left the hospital and went to find his car and home. Of course, he was lost and was just wandering around when he was arrested.
I pulled his hospital records that showed the extreme amount of medication that he was on. I sent it to the prosecutor and asked for the case to be dismissed.
The Result:
The prosecutor was concerned that my client might have an alcohol or substance abuse problem. The prosecutor offered that if my client had a substance abuse evaluation and completed any recommended treatment, the case would be dismissed. My client had the evaluation and no treatment was recommended. Once I sent this information to the prosecutor, the case was dismissed.
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