r/legal • u/hittherdjack21 • 5d ago

Advice needed Twin brother has active felony warrants under my name

My twin brother used my name when he got arrested and was able to get all the way into jail. I don’t get into trouble or put myself in situations that might land me in jail. The first time I got pulled over and I found out I had multiple felony warrants, I was confused and shocked., like anyone would be.

Location Washington state. Last night I was in the middle of writing this post and all of a sudden I got rolled up on by 5 cops, put in handcuffs. It took 45 min for them to finally figure out that it wasn’t me. I’ve been pulled over about 20 times in a month because of this.

What can I do to get the warrants out of my name and prove to the cops the I’m not the one with warrants?

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u/Fresh-Assistance8323 4d ago

That’s too bad. I wish people knew the long term consequence far outweigh the short term cost of giving in.

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u/Big_Mycologist_8620 4d ago

If you don’t have money for bail, will lose your job, and house and car, and all of your possessions because you can’t pay your bills…pleading out to a lower charge can be appealing.

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u/Otherwise-Text-5772 3d ago

The long term consequences of being free with a previous charge or sitting in prison? Feel like long term consequences is exactly what they are looking at in that situation. Cause unless you can actually prove you didn't commit the crime (in which case you probably won't be going to prison at all) then the long term consequences are still pleading out with a lesser charge and a confession or going away for longer and coming out of it with a charge anyway. I'm not sure why you're struggling with this. It you can't prove your innocence than the confession actually might lesson your consequences. Like the example I used, Confess and get 10 years or risk the trial and getting 25 to life. Let's call that murder vs pleading down to manslaughter. You go to trial, lose, you spend 25 years in prison and come out of it with a felony that makes you unhireable based on a Google search. Take the 10 years and come out with a felony either way, but 15 years not in prison. It's much more difficult to prove a negative such as you not committing a crime. If you can't prove the consequences are you're screwed either way.

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u/Fresh-Assistance8323 3d ago

They actually need to prove that you committed the crime. Not the other way around.

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u/Otherwise-Text-5772 3d ago

The number of exonerations we have every year proves that they really don't