Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor in California

So i had just gotten RIF'd (reduction in force) from my job as a teacher's aide at a school where a 14 year old who was also a friend of a friend was enrolled. So almost at the end of the school year i find myself bored at home and txt random people on my phone if they want to hang out since i had nothing to do all morning and she replies. we decide to hang out ( she would be ditching school) when I dropped her off back at school one of her friends saw her getting out of my car and told her mom who told the school. The school talked to her and she admitted to hanging out with me. One day in the summer i got a letter in the mail saying there was a criminal complaint against me for a violation of contributing to the delinquency of a minor 272 a 1 of the california penal code. I mean i was 18 at the time and there was no sexual advances or anything like that at all.It was a stupid mistake and i really could not use a misdemeanor on my record. specially for the marine core

I really need to know if there is anyway i can get this brought down to an infraction?

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Quoting gonzalosalcedo09

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So i had just gotten RIF'd (reduction in force) from my job as a teacher's aide at a school where a 14 year old who was also a friend of a friend was enrolled. So almost at the end of the school year i find myself bored at home and txt random people on my phone if they want to hang out since i had nothing to do all morning and she replies. we decide to hang out ( she would be ditching school) when I dropped her off back at school one of her friends saw her getting out of my car and told her mom who told the school. The school talked to her and she admitted to hanging out with me. One day in the summer i got a letter in the mail saying there was a criminal complaint against me for a violation of contributing to the delinquency of a minor 272 a 1 of the california penal code. I mean i was 18 at the time and there was no sexual advances or anything like that at all.It was a stupid mistake and i really could not use a misdemeanor on my record. specially for the marine core

I really need to know if there is anyway i can get this brought down to an infraction?

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Probably not. Hire an attorney to handle this matter for you.

Well money is pretty tight so im stuck with been a public defender, I mean I have smart enough to not have any contact with her. I have no problem never talking to her again and i didnt do anything "wrong" with her other than she ditched school

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Quoting gonzalosalcedo09

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Well money is pretty tight so im stuck with been a public defender, I mean I have smart enough to not have any contact with her. I have no problem never talking to her again and i didnt do anything "wrong" with her other than she ditched school

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As a TA you, as definded by the term, CTTDOAM.

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Quoting Baystategirl

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As a TA you, as definded by the term, CTTDOAM.

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? slow down ? what?

Poster is saying Contributed to the deliquency of a minor by the acronym.

This would depend entirely on the girls statements, and how they correlate to yours.

This is a dangerous situation to mess with. You could speak to her counciler and describe your situation.

Baystategirl has a good point as these things have extremely high sensitivity and you would need to have authentic testimony placing you as a do gooder by getting her to school, and not keeping her from school, which is not the case.

After some time, you might be able to have the record exponged but the military will still know. Them knowing it was exponged and is not in the public record makes a big difference. They may even require it depending on your field of work.

If your case was not yet heard, it may perhaps be found appropriate to contact her parents and ask if they might be willing to discuss the matter and so that all inquiry that they might have could be answered before any hearings are conducted. This may satisfy them as to whether or not charges should be pressed or not. Let me tell you something though, you could be playing with fire and depending on the difference of what she said and the truth, that difference may save you or break you and wind up with even more trouble. If you knowingly kept her from attending school I would leave it alone. If you met her on her way to school and she was detained by her own will, her parents may descide that her decision to do this may not equate in penalty to you that could have a direct effect on your future and career. Did you both genuinely agree that driving her to school would get her there faster than if she had walked? How much delay was caused and how much were you the cause of it? This and many other questions would be asked regarding both, but especially your actions. If you were indoors with her privately, you may be jumping into a boiling stew regardless of actions no matter how harmless they might have been.

Perhaps you might join her parents and see where they are at with it.

No.

It would do with the witnesses that saw the girl getting out of his car when she should have been in school.

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Quoting gonzalosalcedo09

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specially for the marine core

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You mean "Especially for the Marine Corps"?

The Marine Corps has lots of problems with young members who lack the sense not to bring underaged girls into their dorms. Your actions would be a valid concern for them.

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Quoting Knockdown

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This is a dangerous situation to mess with. You could speak to her counciler and describe your situation.

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If your case was not yet heard, it may perhaps be found appropriate to contact her parents and ask if they might be willing to discuss the matter and so that all inquiry that they might have could be answered before any hearings are conducted.

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Ignore all of that. You have a lawyer. Don't go talking to witnesses, and doing stuff that may get you into even more trouble. Discuss your case strategy with your lawyer.