My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
Hello. I was recently charged with four felony counts in California.
I walked into a bank with a Fake ID of a made-up person and asked to open an account. I did not and do not have any social security numbers. The DOB was not correct and neither did the DL license number match. The ID was bought off the street and the bank did not open the account. They spotted the Fake ID and called the police.
I also had a bunch of other documents with me. It was a totally stupid thing to do but now I am facing four felony counts. I am not a criminal in the sense that I did not "intend to defraud". I did not intend to steal anyone's ID and even though I had access to several personal information from many people, I did not use any of it. Could that help me in the fact that I had the ability to do something more harmful but I didn't?
I am being accused of forgery, two counts of identity theft and 2nd degree burglary. They all include the "intent to defraud" but I did not have the intent to steal from anyone. The people they are accusing me of trying to steal their identities from I don't even know. I didn't know they existed. I am thinking about contacting them to tell them what happened and that I had no intent to do anything against them. The bank didn't lose anything and the account was never opened. I was going to open it with my own money and it was a deposit account.
However, I am afraid that the prosecution could probably prove beyond a reasonable doubt that I had the "intent to defraud" because the reason why i did this is very very stupid and no jury will believe how stupid I was. They will most likely believe the prosecution's story whatever that is.
Plus, a trial will cost me a fortune. I had a clean record and no prior arrests. The DA is asking for maximum jail time (1 year) at this point but we haven't had the preliminary hearing yet. I am afraid I will lose the trial and don't want to go that route but then again I don't want to go to jail. What do you suggest?

