Of course, it’s possible she could’ve lost the case. If you believe the police are always telling the truth and anyone charged witha c rime would necessarily lie to save their skin, you might find her guilty. maybe the jury would think that the police did find something in the house and that the evidence was suppressed and they’re not getting the whole story and she’s really some sort of heinous something-or-other, because the police wouldnt really do all this with no reason, right? Maybe the jury won’t care whether there was anything in the house and will simply think you need to immediately submit to any police order, no matter how unreasonable or whether or not you were sure they were police. maybe the jury will think, hey, if we don’t convict, she’ll sue, and we’ll end up paying for it. of course, the polcie do this every single day in every single county, but it’s usually just some minority kids, so, whatever…it’s not like it’s white people with careers or anything…what’s the big deal…
On the good side, misdemeanor convictions ar every common nowadays and not necessarily so bizarre to an exmployer. It might help to write short letter with an polcie report so she doens’t have to explain it extemporaneously.
being charged with a crime is pretty darn stressful. her having pled guilty would not be a good fact for a subsequent lawsuit against the police.
