My question involves juvenile law in the State of: California
Now look, I was on the way to court on a charge of "Purchase of Alcohol" which I was going to put forward my defense and attempt to win the case which I knew I would. On my way there I got into an accident, my car was totaled, cops came and wrote a traffic incident report. I called the court notifying them that I was in an accident and that I will be arriving late. I arrived late, and the hearing officer said that my trial was already heard, I explained to him what happened and he told me to mail in a traffic incident report for the accident and my trial will be reheard (this is a legitimate reason under California law for a trial to be rescheduled or reheard). So a couple weeks after I mailed it and didn't get a reply at all, I got pulled over for window tints and got my car impounded for a license suspension (which comes with my charge if sustained) and I thought it was because I missed my arraignment for a traffic violation at another court, so I went handled that ticket and then went on with my life, to get pulled over again by chp and then my car being impounded once more for suspended license. So I went to DMV to see whats wrong, hence them leading me to the juvenile court for my charge that was sustained without me being notified. I go back to the juvenile court, hand them a copy of the traffic incident report in person, and tell them everything that has happened, finally getting a letter back in the mail today saying that my charge will be sustained but my "Failure to Appear and fine" will be removed... What kind of BS is this??? I haven't been notified of crap, costing me over $1000.... What do I do with my driving on suspended license tickets? I'm 18 years old I work everyday and go to school at nights... What the hell am I going to due with this unnecessary BS... Who do I go to? Do I go back and try to fight for another court date? Or should I just hire an attorney? I don't want to waste money on a lawyer because I am studying/majoring law myself and I feel as if I could handle it, but i've never been in such a sticky situation where as the court does not want to tend to my rights.

