After sending an e-mail to the LA County DA Office, I received this:
We are in receipt of your inquiry regarding a ticket you received for Penal Code Section 484, Petty Theft. Depending on where you received the ticket, your case could be handled by a number of different agencies, including the...
I just got an e-mail back from a lawyer with the following message:
As a general rule, the District Attorney will NOT talk to you before your Pre-trial date (second court appearance) but may possibly at your arraignment- first court appearance. But for the most part will NOT talk to you on...
Forgive me if I am misinterpreting you, but are you saying that the lawyers can't do much except advise me now? I remember a mention of a diversion plea, but is it too late for that now (mandatory court date is november 1st)? All of this District Attorney stuff and the procedures that they go...
So after dealing with the university, they have decided to assign me 10 hours of community service as a punishment. I tried going to the director of the book store to drop the criminal charges, but unfortunately, she was not willing. As such, I am prepared to go to numerous free consultations...
Well, the place I stole from was a college bookstore, not exactly a retailer, so do you have any idea the chances that a college would be associated with civil demands? And yeah, you're completely right about me not being a lawyer. But from what I've heard from others with some experience with...
I'm guessing this is essentially lawyers trying to offer their services to me?
Also, I did a little research on the diversion option. Is a defender absolutely necessary in order to partake in this option? I realize that depending on the judge's agenda, she may not even offer the option to me...
Upon reading the back of the yellow slip, it says that a courtesy notice may be mailed to the address shown on my citation. Any idea how long this usually takes? Also, the slip he gave me looks like a traffic violation case, as I was reading the back and it was talking alot about traffic school...
The LA country officer at the scene gave me a yellow slip of paper titled "notice to appear" detailing my profile and my code 484 violation. On it, there is a signature I signed that agrees to the following:
Without admitting guilt, I promise to appear at the time and place indicated below...
Thanks, I will check this out. I was cited today, and given a copy of a report that says my hearing is on November 1st. Will they send me a mail letter or a telephone call? If so, what is a rough timeline I can expect this to arrive? Reason I am asking is because I still live with my parents and...
Sorry if there is a rule on double-posting, but I forgot to mention that I heard something about a dollar amount difference between a misdemeanor and a violation. The price of the 2 books I stole were around a combined 100 dollars.
Today I was cited for shoplifting textbooks at my college. I am a sophomore honors student that is currently taking 17 units and working a part-time job to support myself with car insurance, gas, food, tuition, books, etc. Never had any marks on my record, never been arrested or had to be at...