I had been drinking near a busy foot ferry and bus transfer station near a 7-11 for few hours listening to music was homeless at the time. An incident happened at the bus stop transfer bus stop around a five min walk from were I was at. I was arrested because I matched the very plain description of the suspect, was drinking beer by the 7-11. About 30 minutes after the police were called by the bus dispatch I was arrested. None of the 3 witnesses that testified at my trial were in the area at the time of my arrest. Around 5 months later 30 pounds lighter I was convicted of the crime. Why didn't I present any proof in my defense? My public defender put the burden on the prosecution so no evidence on my behalf was presented in my defense, so basically she let the prosecutor run the show. She said if I testified and said the wrong things I mite face more jail time. Me never having been in this kind of situation, I was taken advantage of, most time I had been in jail was 7 days for a DUI years back. All I got from the trial was a very carefully worded transcript for the appeals court to deny. Maybe I should have fired my lawyer I hear that a lot but knowing what I know about my case I didn't think It would be possible to lose. One of the witnesses,the driver who called dispatch who called cops knows me I rode the bus very often and all the drivers knew me. She knows I was not the man involved and knows who was she was up close to the man and had told him to leave the area before calling dispatch. She was not able to explain this in trial I won't explain further but she didn't point me out. I was offered one year of outpatient treatment for alcohol abuse to avoid a trial most likely. Why would they give me a class c felony and 100,000 bail and then give me treatment. They know they messed up, but when the prosecutor offered me this deal in a meeting a month before trial. I had told them that I rode the bus often I that I would be recognized, so maybe I messed up. Ya I don't wanna say what I was convicted of on here. But when I was arrested I was charged with a misdemeanor, my bail was 2,000. The prosecutor is the one who raised it up to a felony class c and 100,000 bail and a very heinous charge. Ya but I don't have 20,000, all I would need is the bus driver and maybe a lie detector test. But I know nothing about lawsuits or what kinda of lawyers I should be talking to, litigation? I think my window of the time frame I would need to do these thing is getting closer also. Thank you for your input and responding to my post.
