Lying to Protect My Boyfriend
My question involves criminal law for the state of: Kansas
The other day six police officers came to my house looking for my fiance because he had a warrant out for driving on a suspended license. I told the officers that he was not in the home even though he was. They proceeded to threaten me with all types of things such as towing my car due to the address of my car registration not matching the address of where I live and also for not having my address changed on my drivers license. The officers wanted to search my home, but I denied them and told them to get a search warrant. The officers called in the search warrant and then proceeded to detain me until they got the search warrant and searched the house. I finally gave in before they got the search warrant and admitted that he was in the house and told them they could search it. They went in and arrested my fiance and took him to jail. They proceeded to write me a ticket for obstruction of justice so now I have to go to court regarding this. I have never been in any kind of trouble with the law before. I know lying to the police was the wrong thing to do and I fully regret it, but I'm 7 months pregnant and my finace and I were due to find out the sex of our baby in a few days so of course I wanted to protect him from jail. I guess I didn't think about the consequences of my lying before I did it. Now I'm just wondering what is going to happen.
Re: Lying to Protect My Boyfriend
The crystal ball of fortelling hasn't been working lately, but here's what you're possibly facing under Kansas statutes for obstruction (ie knowingly and willfully lying to the police):
[I]Any person who shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, resist or oppose any sheriff, coroner, township treasurer, constable or other officer or person duly authorized, in serving, or attempting to serve or execute any process, rule or order made or issued by lawful authority, or who shall resist any officer in the execution of any ordinance, by law, or any rule, order or resolution made, issued, or passed by the common council of any city board of trustees, or common council or village council of any incorporated village, or township board of any township or who shall assault, beat or wound any sheriff, coroner, township treasurer, constable or other officer duly authorized, while serving, or attempting to serve or execute any such process, rule or order, or for having served, or attempted to serve or execute the same, or who shall so obstruct, resist, oppose, assault, beat or wound any of the above named officers, or any other person or persons authorized by law to maintain and preserve the peace, in their lawful acts, attempts and efforts to maintain, preserve and keep the peace, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 2 years, or by a fine of not more than 1,000 dollars.[/I]
Follow Mr. K.'s advice: you need a criminal defense attorney, or to request the services of the public defender's office if you can't afford private counsel.