We all make mistakes – it is in human nature and there is absolutely nothing most of us can do about it. Yet, it is very important, to be able to control our actions so as not to hurt the people around us. If you committed a crime with an ill intent, you should definitely be ready for the upcoming consequences. After all, that is what the justice system is for.
What is malicious mischief? The emphasis here should be on the word malicious, meaning that a person actually had the intent to destroy other individual’s property in some way. With no intent, there can be no case, but if the individual was actually damaging something on purpose – well, this is a somewhat serious crime that will surely not go unpunished.
In order to clear things up a little bit, let us review a couple of examples that will demonstrate how it works. Let us say, it is your wife’s birthday and you really want to surprise her. You were working very hard to get her something truly special – a brand new car that she has been dreaming about for so long. However, you do not stop there and wish to be more creative about it. So, in order to make it even more exciting for her, you decide to damage her old vehicle first. You go to her office and you find her vehicle. You get some paint and pour it all over the car. The paint is everywhere and you are satisfied. However, you did not know, but your wife did not go to work that day and you accidentally ruined her co-worker’s car that looks exactly like hers. Although the damage is done, you had no intention to harm this property, since you believed that the car belonged to your wife. Well, the prosecution will try to take the case forward, but it will be rather difficult with this kind of story.
On the other hand, let us imagine for a second that you had reasons to suspect that your wife was cheating with that co-worker of hers. So you go to the office, you find his car and you break every window. You scratch the car, you punch it with a bat – you are purposefully destroying it. Well, there is your malicious mischief – a case that will stand in court and the prosecution will have every right to handle it accordingly.
It is very important to have a qualified as well as genuinely experienced legal representative, who will be able to minimize the sentence or will get the case closed to begin with. It is in fact the only viable option.
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