Caught Shoplifting In Mervyns

Your not lieing your merely extending case to talk with Attorney. However if you wish tell judge you wish to not neter plea at this time and would like a public defender. Judge will enter not guilty plea for ytou but you would not have lied. I find humorous your now have morals not to lie (so you think) in court but can steal!?

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Quoting panther10758

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Your not lieing your merely extending case to talk with Attorney. However if you wish tell judge you wish to not neter plea at this time and would like a public defender. Judge will enter not guilty plea for ytou but you would not have lied. I find humorous your now have morals not to lie (so you think) in court but can steal!?

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i thought this forum was on legal advice not preaching to someone about the morality of their crime. just because i did one bad thing (steal)that makes it ok to do another(lie) right? you make total sense. thank you for the legal advice but u can keep ur "humorous" comment. you dont know my situation or what my intentions were. so like i said i appreciate the legal advice. and will keep posted on the outcome

Actaully I know more about you than you think but that isnt point. My point was valid. However onto your legal issue if you plead guilty you will be found guilty and sentenced. No deal nothing you get what judge wants to gives you. If you enter no plea (option I gave you to save your moral issue I found funny) then you will get new court date and time to talk with public defender. If you dont want your morals judged then dont take action some may question your morals on

my court date is tomorrow, im really nervous. i was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on how to approach the judge. i know all judges are different but im not even sure what to say. so far i know im going to dress nice and appropriately, im gonna leave the cell phone in the car. when he talks to me im not going to make excuses or blame other people for what i did. im sure that makes them mad. but i dont know what to expect him to ask me or what i should answer. any advice would be greatly appreciated. as i said before i will post an update of what happened when i get out of court. i want to share with people in siimilar situations what to expect as well as any advice i have from my experience. i really hope everyone on here who has ever shoplifted really feels bad about it and never does it again. accept responsibility for what you did and move on. everyone makes mistakes and you cant change the past but you can definitely change your future by the actions you make today. once again thank you to everyone for sharing similar stories and to those who gave me advice especially panther most of the useful information i recieved was from you.

You should have an Attorney with you if not then enter no plea and request public defender

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Quoting pigglywiggly

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my court date is tomorrow, im really nervous. i was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on how to approach the judge. i know all judges are different but im not even sure what to say. so far i know im going to dress nice and appropriately, im gonna leave the cell phone in the car. when he talks to me im not going to make excuses or blame other people for what i did. im sure that makes them mad. but i dont know what to expect him to ask me or what i should answer. any advice would be greatly appreciated. as i said before i will post an update of what happened when i get out of court. i want to share with people in siimilar situations what to expect as well as any advice i have from my experience. i really hope everyone on here who has ever shoplifted really feels bad about it and never does it again. accept responsibility for what you did and move on. everyone makes mistakes and you cant change the past but you can definitely change your future by the actions you make today. once again thank you to everyone for sharing similar stories and to those who gave me advice especially panther most of the useful information i recieved was from you.

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When in doubt, tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

ITS ME PIGGLYWIGGLY.........SO I HAD COURT YESTERDAY AS YOU ALL KNOW. i was there very early because i was unsure of where to go. so when i got there i was told to look at the calender and find my name then check what court room id be in. well i looked and my name was nowhere to be found on any list. i went to the criminal court office and spoke to a receptionist. she saw my notice to appear citation and looked me up in the computer. she told me there have been no charges filed against me FOR NOW. but they have a year to do so. she gave me a phone number and told me to call back and check in every 2 week to see if charges have been filed. so basically i didnt even see a judge i was out in 30 minutes. i hope i dont get charges filed. but im going to contact the attorney for mervyns and set up a payment plan asap. i guess my punishment for now is not knowing for sure and knowing that they have a whole year to charge me.

an update... i called the attorneys office from where i recieved the restitution letter from. I informed them that i wanted to ressolve the matter asap but was unable to pay the 295.00 up front. she was very nice and explained to me that i could set up payment arrangement. we agreed to monthly payments of 50 dollars starting may 1. she told me if for any reason i could not make a payment simply to call them and let them know when to expect payment. i was so nervous putting it off to call them and now i feel so relieved.