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Charged-Appealed-Recharged...in limbo

I was charged w/ 4 cnts. of Criminal Mishief for allegedly writing obcenities on a bathroom wall/etc. Represented myself in Court @ bench trial... found guilty. Applealed sentence because I knew the sent. to be too severe for the charges. App. Court upheld conviction, but reversed sentence. Resentenced & rec'd 60 days(30 days cell time w/ no work release..30 susp.), 30 days elec. monitoring, $2000 fines ($1000 susp.) costs, restitution, 2 yrs. report. probabtion, psych. eval. & its related costs. All of this for my first offense @ 41 yrs. of age!!! I'm sched. to report to jail soon...is there ANYTHING that can be done? My conviction was based on circumstancial evid. ALONE. I feel I was manipulated, coerced & taken advantage of by the Courts, the Pros. & the P.O....my trial was riddled w/ irregularities (as well as the pre-trials), the Appeals Courts verdict contained info that was not @ trial, & the PSI held innacuracies that I cannot fight against. I feel I was denied a fair trial, was not granted discovery (when I asked for items w/o written motions from the Pros. Atty.), & was not permitted to question witnesses that the Pros. Atty. told me would ''most likely'' be there. The App. Court only had had 2/3 of the trial trans.!


Asked on 1/20/06, 4:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joseph Jacobs Jacobs & Lowder

Re: Charged-Appealed-Recharged...in limbo

Please let this be a lesson to you to never walk into a court without an attorney again. Making sure the appellate court has the entire transcripts is your responsibility - no excuses. Courts don't take advantage of people who are represented. They took advantage of you because they knew they could. Learn the lesson. It's too late to do anything for you now.

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Answered on 1/20/06, 11:38 am


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