In July 1994, Ramon Curry, an 18-year-old, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. What started out as a night out with friends in Baytown, Texas, took a wrong turn. On their way to meet up with some girls, Curry and his friends noticed a car left running in the apartment complex. They decided to teach the owner a lesson and took it. As they fled, one of his friends fired a shot into the air. After a night out in downtown Houston, police officers stopped Curry as he headed for the parking lot. While he expected to be charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, the presence of the gun elevated the charge from vehicle theft to robbery.