My question involves criminal law for the state of: Illinois
Quick question, if I pay a shoplifting ticket fine of $100.. That is good as an admission of guilt so DOES that mean I dont need to go to court?
well, the police who gave me the ticket told me that if I were still in Illinois (since i'm visiting from a diff. country) I CAN go and have them lessen the value of the fine but he told me that it wouldn't matter anyway since I admitted to doing it.
So i'm confused, does that mean I'm off the hook once I pay the fine?
HELP PLEASE!

