Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

charged with petty thieft and have court on 12-27-10 first offense and worried what to expect please help any info will be great thank you


Asked on 12/13/10, 1:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Expect? A professional prosecutor intending to convict you.

When arrested and charged with a crime, the proper questions are, can you be convicted, and what can you do? Defend the charges. Go to court, enter a not guilty plea, arrange bail reduction or OR, set up and attend the court hearing[s] and trial date[s]. File evidence suppression or other motions as applicable. Raise all the available defenses with whatever admissible and credible witnesses, evidence and facts are available for legal arguments for motions, plea bargaining, or at trial. Go to trial if it can't be resolved with motions or a plea bargain. There is no magic wand to wave and make it all disappear. If you don't know how to do these things, then hire an attorney that does, who will try to get a dismissal, diversion or decent outcome through plea bargain for you, or take it to trial. If serious about doing so, feel free to contact me. I�ll be happy to help you use whatever defenses you may have. If you can't afford private counsel, you can apply for the Public Defender.

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Answered on 12/18/10, 3:47 pm


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