Brian Thomas
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- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
Back in 2001 I was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri DOC.. I am not going to explain all the crazy details, but I was informed I should plead guilty instead of going to trial, as I did a LOT of stupid stuff back then when I was 20yrs old and dumb, but apart of the plea agreement was to plead to a few charges that I WASNT good for, but being young and dumb I trusted my lawyer and I plead guilty…
Those charges that I WASNT good for is the possession and promoting child pornography, again I'm not going into why and how I am NOT guilty of those charges as I believe that is irrelevant with my main question here..
My question is, is it the law for my attorney to let me know EXACTLY what I am pleading guilty to AND isn't it their job to also tell me I would have to register as a sex offender? I KNOW he didn't, but isn't it also by law that the judge was supposed to also tell me I would then be a registered sex offender and have to register for life? I would certainly hope that would be the law.. Basically if I did know I would have to be placed on the registry I certainly would NOT have plead guilty! I would have went to trial and fought those 2 cases..
If my question comes out to be that they were SUPPOSED to by law inform me of that, isn't there anything at all I can do about it?
Again, not going to bore this post with all details, but I WILL be removed from the registry list within next few months, so there's that, but being on that list has literally altered my life drastically and I should have never ever been put on that list, so I would like to know if I have any case at all going after the state..
Those charges that I WASNT good for is the possession and promoting child pornography, again I'm not going into why and how I am NOT guilty of those charges as I believe that is irrelevant with my main question here..
My question is, is it the law for my attorney to let me know EXACTLY what I am pleading guilty to AND isn't it their job to also tell me I would have to register as a sex offender? I KNOW he didn't, but isn't it also by law that the judge was supposed to also tell me I would then be a registered sex offender and have to register for life? I would certainly hope that would be the law.. Basically if I did know I would have to be placed on the registry I certainly would NOT have plead guilty! I would have went to trial and fought those 2 cases..
If my question comes out to be that they were SUPPOSED to by law inform me of that, isn't there anything at all I can do about it?
Again, not going to bore this post with all details, but I WILL be removed from the registry list within next few months, so there's that, but being on that list has literally altered my life drastically and I should have never ever been put on that list, so I would like to know if I have any case at all going after the state..