An excellent choice. For a crime to occur, there need to be three elements: a perpetrator, a victim, and the two together at the same place at the same time. Leaving breaks that triangle.
Making it VERY easy on the prosecution to make all 3 of them out to be the aggressors.The 3 men follow Matt back to his appartment banging on the door.
Smart.When Matt realizes there is going to be a problem 911 is dialed
Much less smart.and the phone is droped.
Completely idiotic.Matt then opens the door.
At least Ryan is already comfortable being with other men, and some of the slang he may be hearing in his future. (This is the foreshadowing part, right?)Ryan and the 2 other men proceed to call Matt a "faggot" along with other names then Ryan punches Matt in the face.
If all Ryan was charged with was malicious wounding, he was given a gift. Directed blows to the head with great force or a weapon could have resulted in an attempted murder charge.When Matt goes down Ryan and the 2 other men punch and kick Matt to the point where there is a subdural hematoma also known as a brain bleed.
The prosecutor will be very appreciative of that level of detail from the witnesses.Matt looses feeling in both legs at the time along with coughing blood and other minor injuries. Matt is able to crawl to his phone again. Re-dials 911 and is able to get out the address of the incident along with assult and other minor details. Police respond in force quickly detaining all residents of the appartment where Matt was. One of the residents knew where Ryan would be and led police to where he was and was arrested. He was positivitly ID'd and matched the description almost perfectly including wearing the boots he was wearing that caused the brain bleed.
That sounds about right, yes. The downside for the victim is that since Ryan could be looking at years in prison, a win on the civil suit is likely to be a moral one at best. Most people in prison just don't have the income to pay amounts awarded - so it may be a very long time before Matt sees any money.Once at the hospital Matt regained feeling in his legs but had to be transported to a shock trauma center due to the severity of his injuries. Police charged Ryan with malicious wounding. Police were unable to find the other 2 attackers due Ryan not wishing to talk to police. Ryan is now facing the Class 3 Felony and a civil suit.
Ryan's attorneys, who practice IN the courts in question and are familiar with sentencing history and practices in his area are the best source of what to expect. If they are telling Ryan he's screwed, then he probably is. Not to mention the witnesses, plus whatever was recording on the open line to 911. Sure, the public's disgust with college-age violence may play a part, but even without that element, Ryan doesn't have much of a DEFENSE anyway.The question here is lawyers have said that Ryan will have no chance in a jury trial due to the violence and murders of college age students such as Virginia Tech and UVA incidents.
If there are some mitigating circumtances, his attorney will bring them up. But given the facts as presented, circumstances seem to point to AGGREVATING circumstances, so it makes sense that the max would be sought.Basically he would get the max. amount of time.
The evidence is the same, so I'd have to agree.They have also said that a trial by judge is still going to be difficult due to the same issues with college violence in southern virginia.
Ryan shouldn't be making long term plans for at least 3 years.In your oppinios what will happen. I know that according to the normal sentencing guidelines he would be looking at 3-4 years. What is your opinion?

