Legal Question in Criminal Law in South Carolina

shoplifting

My 17-year old daughter got arrested 1-week ago for shoplifting. She was with a friend who took 2 bottles of cough syrup from K-Mart but she didn't take anything and was unaware. Now K-Mart is trying to sue us. We can't afford an attorney. What can we do?


Asked on 7/27/08, 5:13 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Johnston Law Offices of Robert J. Johnston

Re: shoplifting

As far as the criminal charge is concerned, that is a very small case compared to other crimes and you might be able to find an attorney for just a few hundred dollars. I only charge $400 to $500 for those cases. She may also qualify for one of the alternative programs to prosecution which is nice since its often a means of getting the criminal record erased. As far as K-Mart sueing, they generally do not sue for much more than $150 on those kind of charges. If she doesn't want to fight it she may be able to work out some sort of scheduled payments to make it easier. I wish you well.

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Answered on 7/27/08, 5:26 pm


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