Arrested for a Lubbock DWI? Stop posting on facebook and myspace
These days many of us have social media accounts. We use facebook or myspace to communicate with old classmates and new business relationships. We post pictures of our children for grandparents to see and enjoy.
There is nothing wrong with using facebook or other social media sites. However, if you are arrested for a crime, any crime but especially a driving while intoxicated charge in Lubbock or west Texas, PLEASE do not post information about the arrest on your account. It is very possible that the district attorney who will be working your case will also be reviewing your facebook account. Think I'm joking, recently a posting on a myspace account helped convict a person of murder.
“I was reckless. I was irresponsible. I was an a***hole . . .but I’m not an intentional killer. . . .There’s no attempt to hide the crime. I didn’t clean up anything. I didn’t change clothes.”
In other words, Clark asserted that he had only a reckless, not criminal, state of mind, according to the opinion. The court held that it was proper to permit the prosecution to confront Clark with his own seemingly prideful declarations that rebutted his defense. “Clark’s MySpace declarations shared much with his boast to the police after he killed Samantha: `It’s only a C Felony. I can beat this.’”
Bottom line is if you have your charged with a DWI take a look at your facebook account and make sure your not posting any type of pictures or entries that talk about your guilt or any post arrest drinking. Imagine some day if your at trial and your defense is you have learned your lesson, think the DA would like to show that you are still drinking after being arrested for DWI? You bet they would.
