A 16 year old juvenile, who was at the time, an unlicensed driver, was charged with vehicular assault. The driver was tugging his skateboarding friend with the car when the friend fell off the skateboard and was hit by the car.
A 16 year old juvenile, who was at the time, an unlicensed driver, was charged with vehicular assault. The driver was tugging his skateboarding friend with the car when the friend fell off the skateboard and was hit by the car. We were able to get the prosecutor to consider our client’s legal defenses to the assault charge, and ultimately convinced the prosecutor to reduce the serious felony charge to a minor traffic infraction.
