Todays court outcome: I went in there with every intention of pleading not guilty. I expected to be in and out. go in, not guilty, get my trial date, get out. As the trials are going on, the DA pulls my lawyer aside and they discuss the plea deal, lawyer pulls me outside, tells me that my resisting arrest charge is being pleaded down to a summary offense (essentially a ticket) disorderly conduct charge, with full expunge of the charges from my record. It sounded sweet, but I had just spent the morning telling myself, and everybody else that Im not taking the deal. I was ready for that. So in front of me at this point, I have my lawyer telling me that I would be a fool not to take this deal, and that its time to be a man, but on the big boy pants and be responsible. When I asked about the alternative of taking it to trial, he told me that he is more confident in this case then his is in most cases and genuinely believes in my innocence. So I ask him if these pending charges show up on a background check which he said yes they do. This is very important because I have had a background check in progress for a full time job for a company I worked with before and left on good terms with for about 3 weeks now. everybody else but me has gotten their backgrounds back. But still, I knew he was being a laywer, I knew that a plea is easy money for him and that he normally takes on cases worth 10x more than this. I still was ready to fight. But nothing could prepare me for what came next: My father tells me that If I dont take that plea, that I am not welcome to come home and that he will no longer speak to me. I was infuriated that my father would undermine my ability to make my own decisions with my own life like this. He was always in favor of a plea deal. You see, what happened to me is just the way it is So I was forced to take the plea. When signing the arrangement, I look down and he fine is $10 dollars. To put that in perspective, I got a parking in this town about a month ago for $20... So you could say it was a pretty big victory, they had nothing to the extend that they were banking on me paying for a $10 with expungement. That says to me that they were afraid and had nothing. On the other hand, my heart was not in it. Im currently in a pretty bitter entanglement with my father over this. Im honestly furious that he would put me in this position. But the best I can do is move forward, and start this job that these cops were holding me up from getting. Because I was forced to take a plea, i feel horrible to my donors. I really do. I put it out there that I was going to fight, and I had full intention too. Luckily, I remember every one of you, and even if it takes a couple months for me to pay the court fees and stuff before I get to it, I feel obligated to pay you back considering I didnt follow through on what I said. But with that out of the way, at the very least I can look forward to financial stability coming here soon now that this isnt hanging over me, and I can start investing in The Big Plantation. Bitter sweet day, but i thank everybody for their support and for believing in me. It means a lot to me!
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:53:32 +0000
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