My son was caught shoplifting at Urban Outfitters. He attempted to steal a few toys worth less than 100 dollars. What makes this worse is that he had a DUI and was on his 5th month of probation. He has been very good and this is his first shoplifting incident. Just did a stupid thing and feels really bad about it.
He has a court date tomorrow, so we don't have time to hire a lawyer, or contact his DUI lawyer.
1. Can we defer the trial so we can get his trial delayed?
2. Will he have to serve jail time?
3. Would it help to get a court appointed lawyer?
4. Should he tell the court appointed lawyer about his DUI Probation status?
5. Should he call the probation officer before the trial?
6. Should we bail him out (he is in jail until the court which is at 8am)?
Thanks so much !

