Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: petty theft

Petty Theft can be a very serious charge because it has long-lasting effects in your everyday life. I recommend hiring an attorney to represent you and hopefully that attorney can get you a better deal.

If you have any questions or need assistance feel free to contact my office. Best of luck.

Re: petty theft

Your options are to plead guilty, or not guilty and fight it. The answer to your question doesn't help you in the slightest.

You need to understand that the expunged conviction is a prior for the purposes of this new charge. Unless you know how to effectively represent yourself against a prosecutor hired to put you in jail, you should hire an attorney who does. He may be able to keep you out of jail and negotiate a deal you can live with, or he can take it to trial if appropriate.

Re: petty theft

Your options are limited and they depend on what you want. First you need an attorney. So you need to determine if you can afford one. If you can not afford an attorney the court will appoint you a public defender. Second do not talk to anyone about the incident. No one at all except your attorney. Answering questions by the Police will not help change anything and they will use anything you say against you. If the police want to question you and you have not hired an attorney yet or you have not had a Public defender appointed yet, tell them you want an attorney at least for questioning purposes. A public defender will be appointed for questioning purposes. Start shopping attorneys. Ask your friends for referrals and if that does not help call the local county bar association and ask them for their referral list of criminal defense attorneys. If you have to pull out the telephone book and start calling attorneys and find out the financial arrangements that can be made. Finally, do yourself a favor and stop wasting time asking general questions on the internet and trying to look things up. The best thing you can do for yourself is to hire an attorney. Good luck

Re: petty theft

I'll attempt to have it reduced to an infraction. Contact me directly.

Re: petty theft

Better get represented now and reduce it to disturbing the peace. Contact me directly.