Legal Question in Criminal Law in Tennessee
Ok so I went to court on a shoplifting charge. I was not the one stealing. When the judge asked the lady from walmart what I did she couldnt say I really did anything. The judge said he believed I had help in the planning of it, but there was no planning of anything. & I got I guess convicted. I got 48hrs in jail, probation, restution, & I have to go to a theft class.
Is there anyway that I challenge this someway. Because I didnt do anything & they dnt have me doing anything so why do i have the same charge as the people who they actually got doing anything.
So can I challenge this?!?!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your time to challenge it is at trial.
If you believe the judge applied incorrect law or otherwise made a mistake in his judgment, the remedy is to appeal. But (since it sounds like you were convicted in General Sessions Court) you have only ten days to appeal the judgment to the Circuit Court. So if you are within ten days of the judgment being entered by the judge, file an appeal in the Circuit Court and you will get a new trial.
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