CherokeeJ…Actually You Are Correct!
-Minus Endora (Agnes Morehead)

Not as Old as You Think and Not as Wise as You Maybe!

Cheers!

Truth

But………….if we had Elizabeth Montgomery on our side, she could have “blinked” us out of the court room as soon as the sentence was handed down LOL

*we are showing our ages

CherokeeJ….I was more of an Idiot than YOU! (joking)…

I spent another $120K…and my Victim Never Existed etc and I got railroaded, Just Like You, but in a different way as Yours is Complete Bullshit!

However, You and I and Others could have gone Pro Se, But the Legal Cards-Processes are Stacked Against Self-Representation because the system really does not allow for it….

“A Man Who is His Own Lawyer Has A Fool For a Client”

….or in the 1966 Sitcom, Be-Witched, Dick York is told, “The Man That Defends Himself in Court has a Fool for a Lawyer and a Jackass for a Client”…I think Elizabeth Montgomery was Twitching her Nose!

Disgusted

Two things

#1 The So called victim (Who was not who reported me) never showed up to court

#2 I spent $15,000.00 on my lawyer only to be sentenced to 22 years. Think I could have done that by representing myself. If I/we knew that back then, things may have been different.

We cannot go back in a time machine, but if we could, hopefully we would use our one “Do over” to not do what we were arrested for in the first place.

I was going to say you should have said “You’re fired! However that would make me a hypocrite, because that is what I should have done. Was the worse day of my life when they handcuffed me and didn’t even let me hug my Mom before taking me straight to jail from the hearing.

I will say though, my lawyer must have cared (even if unexperienced) because he was so upset with my sentence, he went into the hallway and puked into the trash can. On the other hand, the prosecutor was practically moon walking across the courtroom.

@Cherokeejack I hear you. 30 years ago I didn’t understand that I had a right to take my case to a jury, where I probably would have had at least a 50% chance of beating the charge. No evidence, her word against mine and from what I understand she didn’t want me to get into trouble. I assumed I was supposed to take the deal that the prosecutor offered (no contest). Public defenders don’t care. They get their quick 300 bucks to represent you and hurry up and move on to the next case.
If I could turn back time and go through it again, a jury trial is what I would have done.

This law removes from the registry certain people 17-24 whose offense is later expunged or set aside, or who successfully complete a term of supervision under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act.

I had 2 paid attorneys. One stood up in court and told them I was guilty and when the victim was ask how many times this happened. She said once, the DA holds up 4 fingers and she said Oh yeah 4. My lawyers did not say a thing