no. It may come down to what the evidence proves and so far, the only evidence is you admit to pawning the bike.SeriesOfUnfortunateEvents;841837]So it would merely come down to who has the most believable story?
if your former friend's story doesn't exonerate you, I suggest you plan on finding an attorney. You become the only person they can prove possessed the stolen bicycle.
if you believe so I suggest you keep that in mind for your lawyer who can have the bike checked for prints. You might want to start trying to remember where you saw the guy touch the bike.Surely his fingerprints have to be somewhere on the bicycle, correct?
the only problem with that: unless his prints are in the system already, they cannot prove they are his prints.
they cannot force him to give his prints unless they arrest him. If they have arrested you (or cited you if that is the process) and intend on prosecuting you, they have no reason to arrest him.
that's a good thing. that means they know what a prosecutor might accept as a plea bargain (not saying you should go that route) or how to approach them to benefit their client.I know that public defenders are damn near coffee break buddies with the district attorneys and judge
contrary to popular belief of many people; many lawyers, defense lawyers, are acquaintances or even friends with prosecutors and judges. They work in regular contact with each other so they do end up being familiar with each other. The only way to avoid that is to hire a lawyer from out of the area the prosecution is taking place. That unfamiliarity can actually be a disadvantage at times.
You may be getting ahead of yourself anyway. You'll just have to wait it out. If the cops come back, stop talking to them. They are not coming back to clarify anything. They are coming back to attempt to garner more evidence, in the form of your statements, against you. If they come back it's time to stop talking to anybody other than your lawyer.

