Question: How can I be charged with Grafitti without the police catching me in the act?
Answer: Graffiti is more generally known as criminal damage. Damaging someones property can be a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the dollar amount of the damage. (A.R.S. § 13-1602).
A charge of criminal damage can be made against you when the prosecution believes it has enough evidence to have a judge or jury convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that you committed the offense. The officer who arrests you does not have to witness the damage when you did it. In fact, there doesnt have to be an eye-witness to the offense at all.
It is possible, for example, that someone else saw you commit the crime and reported it to the police. It is also conceivable that the officer saw the graffiti on a wall, and when questioning you about something else, noticed that your notebook had similar drawings and sayings as the graffiti. The state would still have to be able to convince the judge or jury that you did it, however, for you to be found guilty. The charge, by itself, is not evidence.
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On 01/02/04
Stephen from PA said:
it is art, and im from philly and tag all over~>! so holla back TAG N E WHEAR DONT LISTEN TO N E ONE~>! i havnt got cault and i wont~>! i been taging for years~>!
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On 01/02/04
john from CA said:
they still charged me wen i didnt do it... i was out wit my homiez and they got caught wit the can and the police said i tagged on the side of the wal too, but really i didnt my homiez did it...
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On 12/23/03
Lucky from AZ said:
DUDe Graf Is in And Everyone KNows It IF someone Was to stop it There would be another one to start And in Az THERES no stoppin Grafitti No matter how hard u try Everyone i know Writes So the choice is urs and Rather any one likes it or not HA It aint goin no where Any time soon
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On 11/26/03
shawn from AZ said:
haha graffii is cool.. i just moved to arizona from nyc and i was so mad i was moving that i went out to "tag" with my friend we got caught by cops and had to go to court and she had to do community service i just wrote an essay cuz i was moving in 4 days. its something i dont regret tho.
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On 11/18/03
Leever from GA said:
You kids disgust me with the thought that grafitti should be legalized! There is no point in showing someone you can express yourself on the side of a building, dogs do that all the time! It's damaging to property and can definately cause a store owner to become irrate and it also decreases propety value. you should really consider expressing yourself through Music, pick up a guitar and let it sing guys. No one can bust your tail for doing something like that. I thought cops were just pushy when i was your ages too, but man was i wrong, you know those mugs can arrest you? be creative and think
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