My question involves criminal law for the state of: california
Yesterday afternoon i was caught with $256 worth of merchandise in my purse. i was taken to the LP office where they proceced with their paperwork and told me that they were going to proscute because of the amount. i signed some papers and was told that a letter with be sent to my house stating how much i would be fined. about an hour later the police showed up where they arrested me and took me to the station. i sat in an empty room with one other girl and waited. the arresting officer read me my rights and explained to me what the rights meant. he then asked me to explain to him my side of the situtaion. I confessed to stealing the clothes and vandlizing the clothes(i removed the senor tags with scissors). afterwards i remained in the room, until the booking officer lead me to the fingerprint room and where my mug shot was going to be taken. She explained to me that i would be here until friday morning where i would then see a judge and then they would decide wether i was to go home or to jail. i was so confused as to what was happening, i thought i was going to to home, i was a hysterical mess!!
What ended up happening was i stood there overnight. They let me out this morning with a citation/notice to appear in court on July 1.
i was charged with a 459 PC /F/Burglary.
I have NO idea what to do now except show up in court.
What should i do when i arrive to court?
Should i ask for a public deffender?
will i go to jail?
What can i do to make the situation any more better?
I really just have no idea what happened,and im so upset and confused. any advice would be greatly appricated.
One thing for sure is that i NEVER want to be arrested again. Last night really sucked.![]()

