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Jul 13, 2014, 06:43 PM
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So, yeah... I screwed up last month. I had something trigger me after a very long and tiring (physically and emotionally) day and it ended up with me getting arrested. It's a very minor charge, non violent and non drug related misdemeanor, but it carries up to 6 months in jail.
The crazy part is it started with me trying to help someone and wound up with the cops starting an argument with me and putting their hands on me because I reached for my phone in my pocket. Anyhow, I have applied for a public defender but have not been assigned one yet and have been directed to ask for a continunace of this case tomorrow morning. My rational mind is telling me that everything will be ok and that I will be granted the continuance, but.... my stress levels are spiking through the roof. I have nobody to talk to and I'm just... yeah. Thanks for letting me rant.
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#2
Jul 13, 2014, 06:49 PM
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Good luck tomorrow!! Will think of you.
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Jul 13, 2014, 07:08 PM
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Thank you. I just took another one of my weak anxiety pills (just an antihistamine) - doc said its safe to take them as needed as long as I don't take more than 4 a day and I've only had 1 about 8 hours ago. Hopefully it'll settle my nerves.
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"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" --Kurt Vonnegut's "Good Uncle" Alex "the schoolyard was a horror show: the bullies, the dragons, the freaks" --Charles Bukowski (opening line in "the schoolyard of forever") |
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Jul 14, 2014, 10:16 AM
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I'll pocket ride for you if you want. Good luck!
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Jul 15, 2014, 12:40 AM
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Yeah, so just to let everyone know (if they wanted to know)... I made the choice last week to apply for a public defender since my charge carries a maximum penalty of 6 months in jail. Well, the officer that arrested me was places on "administrative leave" (suspended) and didn't inform the judge. This means that everyone who was arrested by this particular officer had their charges dismissed. Every wife beater, drunk driver, shoplifter, trespasser, etc... got to either go home with nothing against them or get out of jail free. Except me.
My public defender, who I had absolutely NO contact with (I have only been screened at this point in time and was told by the screener to ask for a continuance - something that would have gotten my case DISMISSED -), has filed for a jury trial without asking me if I would like a jury trial. Well, the way it works in this state is a jury listens to the officer, then they listen to the defendant, then they go to lunch, then they render a guilty verdict. So, while about 12 other people who were obviously guilty got to walk today... I will have to actually stand trial... go through the stress again... relive what happened that night... and then spend six months in jail. Yay America. Yay for being ****ing poor.
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