Manhattan Central Park Exposure / lewdness charges dismissed
2016
Our client was
arrested and charged for engaging in sexual activity with another person in Central
Park. After being confronted by the police, our client claimed that it
wasn’t what they thought it was but the police
arrested him anyway and gave him a desk appearance ticket charging him with lewdness
and exposure. The arresting officer witnessed the event from only a few
feet away and provided a detailed description of what he saw in the criminal
complaint. Our client had never been
arrested before and wanted to keep his record clean. During the
case evaluation, we discussed ways to get his case resolved with a clean record and no
jail although we pointed out that no lawyer can guarantee a particular outcome
or result. Over the next few months, we fought the charges and ended up
negotiating a deal whereby the prosecutor would dismiss the criminal charges
in exchange for our client pleading guilty to a non-criminal violation.
As part of this deal, the arrest and case would be sealed off from our
client’s criminal record and there would be no
jail and no sex offender program. He had to complete some
community service.