Penn Station Exposure / lewdness charges dismissed for international student
2020
Our client was
arrested after an undercover police officer allegedly saw him with another person,
inside a bathroom in Penn Station, masturbating next to each other and
attempting to involve the undercover officer. The offer claimed that he
was able to see this very clearly because the officer was only a few inches
away and not wearing anything that would have indicated that he was a
police officer. After being
arrested, our client allegedly made a partial
confession and was released with a desk appearance ticket charging him with public
lewdness, PL 245.00(a) and exposure of a person, PL 245.01. During the
case evaluation, our client discussed his concerns that conviction could lead to up to
a year in
jail and immigration consequences. We discussed ways to fight the charges and
fight to get them reduced if dismissal was not possible and that we could
always fight it to trial if necessary. After battling the charges in court
for a few months, we worked out a very good deal where the case would
be completely dismissed as long as our client promised to not be
arrested for 6 months and also complete some
community service. There would be no criminal record, no sex offender program, and no
jail.