Are you even surprised?
The passenger is an NFL QB and a former star of a "Dallas area" university.
Of course his name will be all over the headlines.
Trevone Boykin arrested again...
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Are you even surprised?
The passenger is an NFL QB and a former star of a "Dallas area" university.
Of course his name will be all over the headlines.
Atomic Frawg
Full Member
It's real easy to arrested for PI, because it is an opinion-based offense. Proving it in court is a whole different animal, and they get tossed more often than even doing a deferred probation. In situations I have handled, and there have been many, where a passenger gets arrested for PI it has been because the driver got arrested, and the police didn't want the passenger to drive away in the vehicle. I can't recall ever having a PI case that wasn't dismissed.
The drug that was found, if not on his person, but in the car in general, can also be defeated. Possession requires actual care, custody, and control. If not on your person there must be sufficient links to indicate care, custody, and control. For those who want a concise primmer on what it takes, I recommend reading a case called Allen v State. It is a Texas case, and it is the current law. Often police will arrest the nearest person to the drugs, but proximity just won't do it, especially if you are in someone else's car.
Right now, I'm withholding judgment. I've seen too many situations like this that have amounted to diddly. (regarding Boykin) The driver is likely looking at intox assault charges or agg assault with a deadly weapon charges.
The drug that was found, if not on his person, but in the car in general, can also be defeated. Possession requires actual care, custody, and control. If not on your person there must be sufficient links to indicate care, custody, and control. For those who want a concise primmer on what it takes, I recommend reading a case called Allen v State. It is a Texas case, and it is the current law. Often police will arrest the nearest person to the drugs, but proximity just won't do it, especially if you are in someone else's car.
Right now, I'm withholding judgment. I've seen too many situations like this that have amounted to diddly. (regarding Boykin) The driver is likely looking at intox assault charges or agg assault with a deadly weapon charges.
TCUdirtbag
Active Member
There's a saying about what assuming does.
It does.
It does.
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jolson62
Guest
A lot of people are assuming that the NFL got a conscience over night. He won't get cut because of this.
AroundWorldFrog
Full Member
Boykin has a physical problem that he needs to get fixed ASAP.
Unbreakable
New Member
What if he was taking an Uber home and the Uber crashed into another car? Can you get charged with PI there? Obviously different situation and I'm sure there's more to this story, but seems odd to charge him with PI for being a passenger.
DickBumpastache
Active Member
Story I read on TMZ said he is being charged with possession of >2 Oz of pot. If that's true then the PI is the least of his troubles
Trevone is a nice guy that people tend to like. He's also not real smart and probably WAY more into the street life than most any of us would like to believe. Like has been said, he's a fringe NFL player who probably ended his career this weekend. Now who knows what he'll end up doing but the days of making $400-500k/year are probably over for the rest of his life. Someday that will hit home with him. You can't fix stupid.
berryfrog95
Active Member
when you're a passenger of a car that crashed into a bar, you throw everything you have in your pocket as far as you can ....seems amazing you could be caught with possession if the story is true
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Big Frog II
Active Member
Dear Mr. Boykin,
You are way smarter than this.
You are way smarter than this.
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Cool. But that isn't my comparison. Worse as in marijuana crackdown in the NFL. Worse than just getting a PI
before all you moralizing hypocrites chime in, please describe the last time u smoked weed or drank some beer.
weed is legal in WA. like candy.
and a PI is akin to jaywalking or loitering and is used basically as a technique to assert authority (or better yet to violate habeus corpus)
this is as per usual, criminalizing human adult behavior
Moose Stuff
Active Member
Hoosierfrog
Tier 1
He wasn't in Washington, so the point is a bit misplaced...
Pure Purple
KMA
Strange how public disorder seems to escalate after 2:AM. Hopefully, Trevor
will...."take heed least Ye fall"
will...."take heed least Ye fall"
Tcupurplefaith
Active Member
Alot of overreaction here with the "He'll never play a down again" gimme a break. He wasn't the driver, PI seems pretty minor and its weed. Pro players have gotten off with way more than that
I bet he'll end up playing in Canada and making 6 figures. He has too much talent to end up working at Enterprise.
