My question involves criminal law for the state of: Oregon
Last night my buddy and I were picked up by the police for trespassing.
We were on a college campus and there was a ladder leading to the roof of a building...naturally we climbed it and about 15 minutes later the boys in blue show up and hauled us off. They picked us up at about 12:30 am and we were booked and released. I was home at 4:00 am.
They booked us for Criminal Trespassing II which is a Class C misdemeanor in Oregon. According to the schedules I could find Class C misdemeanor's come with max $1000 fine and 30 days.
Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is also a Class C misdemeanor in Oregon and, when I was charged with that, I ended up paying like $250 and got "probation" which really wasn't anything at all. Note that this charge was expunged from my record thanks to a diversion class. Also note that, other than this "expunged" offense my record is completely clean save a speeding ticket a few years back.
Anyway, I'm hoping for a similar "sentence" for this one considering I'm a first time offender. My court date isn't until 10/23/2008. Does anyone think I should get a lawyer? Am I way off base in my assumptions regarding sentencing? I'm kind of trying to organize my thoughts more than anything else right now. If anyone has any thoughts/words of wisdom they would like to contribute that would be greatly appreciated.

