My friend recently through a party in Texas that got out of hand and their was a fight where someone was hit over the head with a bottle and bled. At the same time one of the neighbors called in a noise complaint and a officer saw the boy who was bleeding when he left and called for a ambulance and additional officers. My friend told everyone to leave at this point and the officers began giving people breathlizers and issuing Minor in Possesion and Minor in Consumption tickets to the people who left. My friend refused to come out of his house when they asked him to and they eventually left. Some of the partiers who were issued citations told the officers that their was alcohol in the house and that my friend had given it to them. No officer saw any alcohol or him providing it in any way; other then some intoxicated minors leaving his house. Yesterday he spoke with the officers in regards to the fight and did not amit to distributing or having alcohol. The officers informed him that he had a MIP and Distributing Alcohol to Minors citations in the mail and would recieve them in a couple of days.
Can they charge him with MIP or Distributing Alcohol to Minors on just the statements of others without seeing or having any other evidence? What is the degree of evidence required in Texas to charge a person with either offense? What are the laws about MIP and Distributing Alcohol to Minors (by a minor) in Texas? Please answer as soon as possible.
Can they charge him with MIP or Distributing Alcohol to Minors on just the statements of others without seeing or having any other evidence? What is the degree of evidence required in Texas to charge a person with either offense? What are the laws about MIP and Distributing Alcohol to Minors (by a minor) in Texas? Please answer as soon as possible.
