What are the Consequences of Shoplifting

If you want a lawyer that will take all your calls and hold your hand and talk to you every step of the way, pay for one. A PD has too many other clients to have multiple meetings with one.

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Quoting flyingron

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You're not going to get another PD. Just because he hasn't talked to you doesn't mean he is not preparing. He almost certainly had daily contact with the prosecutor and most likely even the arresting officer. Getting a PD dismissed takes more malfeasance than just not responding to you on your schedule.

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All right, that was my main concern. Thanks for the replies.

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Quoting cbg

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If you want a lawyer that will take all your calls and hold your hand and talk to you every step of the way, pay for one. A PD has too many other clients to have multiple meetings with one.

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Well my main issue was that I hadn't had any meetings at all with my PD. I wasn't sure what was going to happen with just one day between meeting with my PD, and my court date.

That's because shoplifting cases are only one level up in terms of how complicated they are from speeding cases. Shoplifting trials, if it even comes to that point, are usually very brief and involve only a few witnesses. Because of the amount of evidence typically involved, they usually don't even make it to trial.

A PD doesn't have to meet with you nearly as much as he would if he were defending you on charges of murder or even DUI with an injury accident.

Shoplifting cases tend to go like this: So did you do it? Can they prove you did it? Well you did and they have video. Is there any way we can get the video/other evidence suppressed? Probably not. Can we get a plea bargain? If all else fails, we can go to trial, try to claim that you put that stuff in your bag accidentally and without thinking, and hope a judge/jury buys it - they probably won't, but it's the only prayer you have.

That about sums up the attorney/client interaction in 90% of shoplifting cases.