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    Default Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
    I am a minor (currently 17) and I was caught shoplifting at Wal-Mart for merchandise valuing around $20-25.
    I know what i did was wrong, but I'm sure you must've heard or read this plenty of times, but this experience has truly shaken me up; truly traumatizing. This is not the first time I have shoplifted to be honest, but the first time I have been caught. I've read other threads and they say its their first time. I think otherwise. Should I admit to this to the judge? Or will it effect it negatively
    But to the point, I have some other more important questions I would like the answers to
    I would like to know if I should hire a lawyer to represent me in court, what my sentence might be, and how long it will be before i receive my court date in the mail.
    Also I find it odd they would prosecute me after Wal-Mart changed its policy not to prosecute minors shoplifting less than $25; just stating something odd i noticed, I'm not saying shoplifting is not a bad thing.

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    Default Re: Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

    First, you let Walmart worry about their business policies. You worry about what happened.

    Were the police called? If so, what were you charged with?

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    Default Re: Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

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    First, you let Walmart worry about their business policies. You worry about what happened.

    Were the police called? If so, what were you charged with?
    Yes, a police officer came in and he said I was charged with a misdemeanor; petty theft.

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    Default Re: Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

    What was the statute number you were charged under?

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    Default Re: Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

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    What was the statute number you were charged under?
    484(a) R - Petty Theft

    Also on a side note I just realized the police officer wrote my place/county/city/country of birth as China, when he did not even ask me.
    He asked me if I was Chinese and that was all that was related to that, nothing of where I was born, what city ,etc.
    Honestly I find this generalization offensive. Obviously if someone said that they were Spanish, that does not necessarily mean they were born in Spain, it could just mean they are of Spanish heritage.
    Will this effect me in anyway, and will my high school be notified of this "arrest?"
    Sorry for the questions, I am just becoming very worried.

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    Default Re: Minor Charged with Petty Theft in California

    Quote Quoting kwen
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    484(a) R - Petty Theft

    Also on a side note I just realized the police officer wrote my place/county/city/country of birth as China, when he did not even ask me.
    He asked me if I was Chinese and that was all that was related to that, nothing of where I was born, what city ,etc.
    Honestly I find this generalization offensive. Obviously if someone said that they were Spanish, that does not necessarily mean they were born in Spain, it could just mean they are of Spanish heritage.
    Will this effect me in anyway, and will my high school be notified of this "arrest?"
    Sorry for the questions, I am just becoming very worried.
    Sorry for the double-post but i could not edit the previous post for some reason.
    The statute is actually 484(a)PC - Petty Theft
    The police officer's handwriting made it look like an R

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