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Originally Posted by Schneed10
He could still get convicted, for sure (though the criminal records of these witnesses will only help the defense destroy their credibility in the courtroom).
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If all of the witnesses against the defense (Taylor) are the perpetrators of the alleged stealing of the ATV and also have been involved in other arrests since the incident - then I think it's an open and shut case. It's the words of criminals against Taylor, who to my knowledge has a clean record.
Even if they do have evidence of bullet holes and such, it would not matter much unless the gun was registered or found in the possession of Taylor. The only thing that would hurt Taylor would be witnesses (against him) at the scene that were credible and had no criminal record and had no association with the others who were involved with the ATV theft.
But to my knowledge no one got hurt, except for the scuffle - and this could be argued that this was instigated by the alleged ATV thieves once Taylor and friends came across them.