[Tobbin]

I think a lot of it is gonna be what his track record is. If he has done stuff in the past, they'll probably punish him pretty harsh. If it's his first time doing something, then they'll probably be pretty lenient. I know it's possible, cause that kinda happened to me. I got drunk one night and assaulted a police officer, but they let me off pretty easy. Just a fine, community service (which I guess ultimately got dropped, cause I never did it,) and probation for 2 years. I didn't have any record before that. I got drunk because of severe depression due to my step father dying. So the judge understood there were extenuating circumstances. Could be the same with this guy. Unless he hurt someone, I really doubt they'll do too much.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to add in that although my "crime" initially was viewed as a felony, about 2 years later when the FBI came looking for me to find out why I wasn't doing community service, they changed the felony down to a misdeamonor. I haven't had the "stigma" that others have had with a felony.