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Take it from a fellow comic book fan. Even superhero comics that try to be "realistic" are not. The Punisher should be dead after everything he's gone through. A stray bullet would have hit him in the face. His gun would have jammed. He would have tripped running after somebody. I doubt you're a...

Find out if your jurisdiction offers something for first time small offenders like you, such as pre-trial intervention, pre-trial diversion, or whatever they call it there. You may need a lawyer to make sure they give it to you or you may speak to the prosecuting attorney's office. They usually...

You were brought to the police station, so yes, you were arrested. I was given a "misdemeanor summons" at the store and released, which, even though I wasn't taken anywhere, is still considered an arrest.

I got a lawyer for a flat fee of $750. I am confident with him because he has had a lot of experience. Good defense lawyers have had experience as prosecutors. They know what they're fighting.

It's a game of chance. I've heard of people who got public defenders who didn't get them diversion because they were incompetent. I don't know what's keeping them from getting it for you. It can't be that difficult if you're qualified to get it. If you get a public defender, you just have to...

If the ticket is a misdemeanor summons, then it is technically an arrest.

Find out if your jurisdiction has pre-trial diversion or deferred adjudication for first offenders. You may need a lawyer to secure that for you, and a lawyer will always try to get you the best outcome. Look for a lawyer that will give you a free consultation. You will get advice, and you might...

If your jurisdiction has it, you might be able to get pre-trial diversion or deferred adjudication so you don't have to be found guilty, since it's your first offense. You should find a lawyer with a free consultation. I also found out that being given a misdemeanor summons and being told to...

There are people who steal food because they're hungry and don't want to go to the soup kitchen and get beat up by hobos. The law doesn't always sympathize. If you steal books for school, they'll probably say you should know better because you're in school.

If you are found guilty at trial, you will have to go through an expensive process to expunge it from your record, but until it is expunged, you will have a criminal record. Through pretrial diversion, you will complete some requirements and come back to the court and they will dismiss the...

Don't feel embarassed at all. You were both a brave and considerate person in that situation where others would just be ignoring those people and trying to get the hell away. The safest thing to have done was to just get in your car and lock the doors, but you acted in a way a person should in...

You're only allowed to use the same amout of force in self defense as that being used against you. That means if your attacker has a gun, you can shoot him with one. I think that even if there is a gang of huge guys attacking you, you can't use a weapon if they aren't. That sounds unfair, but I...

It was my first offense (not even any traffic tickets) and I have a job, a college degree, and am applying to med school.

I hope my diversion course is like that. Just two classes a few hours each. Your community service sounds pretty good, too. I know some people have to pick up trash by the side of the highway like chain gangs do.

Diversion is an alternative to conviction, so you will not get a criminal record as long as you complete what you are told to do. You can only get it if it is your first criminal offense. Just make sure you complete what you have to do or the court will put you on trial and convict you...

cmlzip cmlzip, You just mentioned in another thread that you are from New Orleans, too. Anything you can tell me about Jefferson Parish's treatment of shoplifting cases? Mine is a first offense, $20. The arresting sheriff's deputy wrote in his report that I brought in shopping bags intending...

When you were arrested, did you deny the charges or admit to them? Your friend Ben should owe up to what he's responsible for, if he is the one who put the items in your bag. As a representative of the store, he's responsible for the losses if he gives free merchandise to customers. How exactly...

Thanks for the interesting reading.

Thanks for the response. I'm a very forgiving person myself, a good trait in what I'm trying to do, so I hope the law can be, too.

Thanks for the quick responses. Well, I can't fight the charge. I hired a lawyer, who told me the best I can get is diversion, and the worst is an expungeable offense. Since I'm trying to get into post-grad education and eventually become a professional, I'm worried about my one thoughtless...