No one other than your Attorney should be telling you how to plead.
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No one other than your Attorney should be telling you how to plead.
Well i can't have my record expunged until exactly one year after my conviction. Right now I do not have an attorney. I will have one when I try to get my record expunged. However, I am going to request a public defender when I go in for my court date (that's what the court told me to do when I called).
My friend and I were just going to plead guilty since we already admitted to the LP people that we attempted to steal the merchendise and gave it back. How can we say we're not guilty?...We can't! LOL
Ask your Attorney about diversion. Diversion can be a means to meet your obligation to courts but not have a conviction on your record!
Diversion programs or deferred sentences (where, typically, you enter a plea but aren't convicted if you successfully complete probation) are not universally avalailable, but a local lawyer should be able to tell you what the options are in your county.
I kind of want to just plead guilty and get this over with. I know there will be many consequences with pleading guilty but I have a feeling that I am going to be found guilty anyway even if I try to say I'm not. I absolutely can NOT afford an attorney at this time and the court costs/fines are already going to be too much. I heard public defenders don't do anything. I JUST WANT TO GET THIS DONE!!!!!!!!! And as soon as I am off probation (if I even get probation), I will try to get an expungement since this is my first and WILL be my last conviction. I need advice. PLEASE help me. And don't say "talk to your attorney" and all that stuff bc I CANT AFFORD ONE. I am 19 year old college student!!! lol
Look into diversion programs
So if there is a diversion program that I can do, should I just plead guilty? Can I find out if there are any programs BEFORE I plead guilty? I don't get this at all.
Yes you can ask your Public defender. Diversion varies by state but suffice it to say that it acts as a guilty plea far as fines probation etc but once terms of diversion are completed no conviction appears on your record
I hate myself... :(