I have posted my situation on here before and got good advice...I have court tomorrow and I was going to plead guilty to misdemeanor shoplifting, but got advice on here not to...I live in N.C. and the clerk of courts in my county told me to plead not guilty and ask for a lawyer...My question is this..Can I get in trouble for pleading not guilty, when I know that I am?...I wanted to plead guilty and ask for a court appointed lawyer, but I was told I would not get one without pleading not guilty...Also, should I just let a lawyer handle it and not ask questions or should I tell him what I would like to have done?
Any advice would be helpful...Thank you..
Tamara

