I would have done the same.
To Yellowsnake, not knocking your lawyer. But a witness is a witness. I was a witness for my brother in a case and he won. If I hadnt have been there he would have lost. It didnt matter brother or not.
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How can you be charged with brandishing a gun? That one confuses me. If Im walking through the house and some one sees me with anyone of my guns that doesnt mean I was brandishing a weapon.