Got Ticket in Detroit 4 Urinating In Public Off People Mover 36th District Court date – Is This A Crime or A Ticket?

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1. Peter A. Torrice on July 19, 2010 at 10:21 pm said:

   Urinating in Public is a criminal misdemanor charge in the city of Detroit, not a traffic ticket. Like all criminal offenses in Michigan, this criminal charge will go on you record. However, it is unclear whether you are being charged with urinating in public, or indecent exposre, which makes a huge difference.

   In your case, if you are charges with Urinating in Public in Detroit, then this is a far less serious offense than indecent exposure.

   In Michigan, the misdemeanor offense of indecent exposure could require a convicted defendant to be registration on the Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry, in addition to possible jail time and other penalties.

   Indecent Exposure in Michigan is a criminal defense defined by statute as follows:

   750.335a Indecent exposure; violation; penalty.
   Sec. 335a.
   (1) A person shall not knowingly make any open or indecent exposure of his or her person or of the person of another.
   (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a crime, as follows:
   (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
   (b) If the person was fondling his or her genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the person is female, breasts, while violating subsection (1), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
   (c) If the person was at the time of the violation a sexually delinquent person, the violation is punishable by imprisonment for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which is 1 day and the maximum of which is life.

   The criminal defense lawyers at Canu Torrice Law have successfully defended our clients on indecent exposure and urinating in public charges, and have saved our clients from mandatory registration on the Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry and jail.

   If you have been charged with urinating in public, or more serious offenses such as indecent exposure, lewd conduct, gross indecency or any misdemeanor sex offense the criminal defense attorneys at Canu Torrice Law will fight aggressively to keep such a devistating criminal conviction off your record.

   In your situation, you would be a fool not to get an attorney involved immediately. Please contact my law firm today and schedule a free consultation.

   PETER A. TORRICE
   Canu Torrice Law
   http://www.AllLegalMatters.com
   (586) 285-1700

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2. Wow! on July 19, 2010 at 10:42 pm said:

   Why do you go on the sex offender registry for urinating in public??? Is it because it happened in front of women or kids or something?

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