My question involves criminal law for the state of: Tennessee
Okay so here is the deal in Feb. my friend and i got shoplifitng 4 blank CD's he had them all i got in trouble bc they said I was looking out for him. We went to jail overnight and got bailed out in the morning. Once we went to court we both got a judicial diversion where we had to pay around $235 and had to do 16 hours of coummity service each. We had until Feb of 2011 to do so... soooo this being the first criminal chrage I ever got I thought that was it. I left a few weeks later after we were sentenced in March for Califorina to start working for ADT. I worked out there and then got a call from my dad around midsummer telling me I had missed a court date. So it got resecudled and as soon as I can I came home. I missed the second court date and they filed a bench warrent for my arrest so I went right then and turned myself in and had to pay off the ticket and my new bond which was set at $400. Now I have to go to court again in a few days I think to explain why I missed court or something I'm honestly not 100% sure what will happen. I am 20 years old and a college student. This is the first thing I've done wrong and I'm honestly so scared. I'm really not the jail type I just made a poor judgement of friends and it got me into trouble. I plan on being honest with the judge about where I am and explain to him I had trouble getting the finances to get home on time (i ended up having to take a bus back home because I couldn't afford the plane ticket). I plan on asking for the courts merceny on me and telling them I'm a college student at a good school and I really don't want me being dumb and making this mistake to ruin the rest of my life....
Now what my question is the worst, best, and most likely thing to happen to me when I go to court in a few days. I guess it depends on the judge but I think I might be okay. I'm going to dress nice I don't do drugs, drink, or have any problems like that. I'm just a student at a local University that made a mistake, atleast I hope thats how the judge looks at it lol....

