Alright, well this is a stereotypical situation of which my friend and i were caught "shop-lifting" from a local Walmart.
The only thing is, we hadnt left the store. or made an attempt to do so. Not to mention i didnt have anything on me, in my hands, or in my pockets. My friend however did. He had around 40$ worth of items in the pockets of his jeans and shortly after he put them there, we were escorted to a back room.
From there they asked us to put everything we had on the table, even if they were actally ours. So we did, and they werent really paying attention i suppose, because they were so excited about having caught us.
a little while later, two police officers arrived and started writing the papers. i made it clear that nothing that was on the table of mine, belonged to the store. yet they put that i had taken everything that my friend had.
thats the first portion i'm not sure about.
the second, is when i arrived to the court house for my said date, the judge asked if i had commited any crimes before. i hadnt. so he gave me, without asking any further questions, a paper that had information to a class that you can take for 250$ to have the crime thrown out.
Well i dont have the 250$ to spend on a class, as i have bills to pay. and as a 19 year old still in school (next year is my last) jobs really dont pay that well.
Now when i go, i know ahead of time that i will either have to plead guilty, or not guilty right then.
i wont be given the chance to ask for a public defender and i doubt that it will be continued.
thats the second problem. i'd appreciate it if someone could help me with these, by giving me a little positive advice. If you have any questions, or need clearifying, just say so.
thanks,
Corey.
The only thing is, we hadnt left the store. or made an attempt to do so. Not to mention i didnt have anything on me, in my hands, or in my pockets. My friend however did. He had around 40$ worth of items in the pockets of his jeans and shortly after he put them there, we were escorted to a back room.
From there they asked us to put everything we had on the table, even if they were actally ours. So we did, and they werent really paying attention i suppose, because they were so excited about having caught us.
a little while later, two police officers arrived and started writing the papers. i made it clear that nothing that was on the table of mine, belonged to the store. yet they put that i had taken everything that my friend had.
thats the first portion i'm not sure about.
the second, is when i arrived to the court house for my said date, the judge asked if i had commited any crimes before. i hadnt. so he gave me, without asking any further questions, a paper that had information to a class that you can take for 250$ to have the crime thrown out.
Well i dont have the 250$ to spend on a class, as i have bills to pay. and as a 19 year old still in school (next year is my last) jobs really dont pay that well.
Now when i go, i know ahead of time that i will either have to plead guilty, or not guilty right then.
i wont be given the chance to ask for a public defender and i doubt that it will be continued.
thats the second problem. i'd appreciate it if someone could help me with these, by giving me a little positive advice. If you have any questions, or need clearifying, just say so.
thanks,
Corey.
