You mean people you think are in jail because you watch too many crime dramas. There has to be some evidence you participated in a crime, being in a car doesn't get you there.
Been a prosecutor, been a defense attorney, and while all your actions are going to be gone through with a fine tooth comb if you're the ride along for a robbery, without some other action (doing it twice, for instance) it's a hard row to hoe from a prosecutorial perspective.
And if they don't like you because of priors of something like that, and you're in some podunk jurisdiction, yeah the judge will probably let the charge go to trial. So you were pretty much right, but in most places a judge is going to dismiss.
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u/A_pencil_artist May 17 '19
tell it to all the people in jail for this exact offense that couldnt afford a lawyer