People of the Republic of Atlasia v. hifly15

[Bacon King]

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Atlasia hereby charges citizen hifly15, under the terms of the Re-Consolidated Criminal Justice Act, with the "impersonation, or attempted impersonation, of another Atlas Forum member on the Atlas Forum".

In order to prove that Mr. hifly15 was attempting to impersonate Midwest Representative RR1997 in the thread "MW: Amendment to the Midwest Abortion Act" on the Regional Governments subforum, the prosecution will be submitting this post and those following it as evidence, in addition to this screenshot of the forum (originally posted by Cris). We also plan for at least one witness to testify before the court.

I'm not absolutely certain, but this statute appears to be the current Midwestern law concerning jury selection. Edit: nevermind it looks like it failed to pass so unless I missed something, it looks like this case will be under Federal jury laws

[Bacon King]

May I testify as witness against myself?

I must stress you are under no obligation to; the Atlasian Constitution states:

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and while you might legally be able to do so of your own volition I seriously recommend seeking counsel and/or request the court assign counsel to you - especially before you do something like that.

If you do wish to admit your crimes in court, I would personally recommend just to plead guilty - I'm sure we can work out a plea deal.

[Bacon King]

I leave it up to the discretion of the judge

[Bacon King]

The intent of the events was merely a joke; nothing malicious or treasonous was intended.

I genuinely did not know that I had committed a felony by changing my avatar. I ask that the court take into account that I am an active and committed elected legislator, and thus please consider pardoning me.

I'd be cool with not banning hifly from office holding, and just giving him a short-term voting ban insteadas a slap on the wrist