I'm glad his lawyer takes the time to talk to me, he goes up to the jail twice a week, he does have other clients. He strikes me a bit on the hipper side. hey...maybe he's on speed.lol No, he did a good job at the hearing...or as best as he could in my eyes. He made 1 case entirely drop since the kid only saw a left view of a car that "looked" like it might be my sons. If it was my son...he never got out of the car for that robbery. But...my son still has these 6 other kids identifying him even though he and his "buddy" wore masks....the cops drove these kids up to the mall and said to the kids "Is that them??" and the kids all agreed "yeah that's them". So the 2 were identified in court. Now...think of it ...if it goes to trial my son and this other kid will look like punks to these kid's parents and I'm sure the jury will also ...although if only 1 juror thinks differently it becomes a "hung jury". It was his "buddy" that had the beebee gun sticking these kids up and taking their cell phones...but because my son was with him ...he is considered a co-defendant in the crime and this is where 1 of the Aggravated assault goes on him...thanks to his "buddy". Now...the other aggravated assault charge goes to my son for getting out of the car when his buddy asked him to help him...it was at that point that my son made the worst and stupidest decision ever. He ran out of the car like a lunatic and scared the kids with the pipe he was holding in his hands, tapped him on his leg with the pipe and like a dummy he thought the whole thing was a funny joke. My son has 2 aggravated assault charges, 1 he did himself and the other one this other dangerous kid that should've been in jail from his previous assault charges. He was on probation so I kinda think they want to fry him. Seems my son has no choice but to fry with him. Now I'm not saying my son is innocent ...it was a stupid mistake, but one that he will pay for. I just don't think it's fair to give him a 5 to 10 year sentence...I'm no fool even if i had the money I would not bail him out. He needs to learn his lesson and cry out to God to help him out of the mess he got himself into. I was praying this morning, I don't want to turn this into a sermon and get a scolding but I will say that I now understand that this is HIS trial not mine. I can't be his savior, I just get in the way. I have to let God take care of him now, this is hard for me. But as everyone has told me..."it's out of my hands". I love him, I'll put money ( not a whole lot ) on his books, visit him and send him Christian books but there isn't much else I can do. Getting back to his "Plea" ....he's got to make up his mind himself and needs to quit listening to the inmates in there with him. They don't know the details of what he stands against. He's got the 2 aggravated assaults and the rest are simple assaults since all it takes with a Simple assault is to have the intention of inflicting serious injury...which goes along with the threats and conspiracy charges. I don't see how they can separate these when they all go hand-in-hand but it is what it is . I know my son could kick himself and he does take full responsibility for what he did...but at the same time and I will say this because it is the truth.... he would've never had to get in contact with this criminal if he had somewhere else to go ....yes he could've slept in his car but he got tired of that. And it was my husband who made him homeless. However...if you look on the other side of it....he wouldn't admit he had a drug problem and we did offer him help and he refused it again saying he had no problem. I knew he was smoking pot, getting high...but didn't want him kicked out of the house and was afraid to say anything to anybody...I thought it would go away. It didn't and only escalated. Nobody has to lecture me anymore, i get it now. He never did steal from us...just sold all his own things...play-station, X-box, etc. The only jewelry worth anything is my wedding band and engagement diamond which is kept in the safest place of all..., my finger. : ) Getting back to his case which I keep trailing off of ...I think there's too much evidence against him to go to trial. If he took his guilty plea before the judge ...his lawyer will do his darnedest to convince the judge that my son needs help, not 10 years in Prison. Other than the D.U.I. and possession of marijuana charge my son has never been in trouble with the law. Most of all ...my son is very remorseful. The whole thing makes me very sad, I'm sorry but it does. I feel as his mother I should give him my opinion of what he should plea but at the same time..if the judge gives more than a 5 year sentence I'll kick myself ...the last time I saw him I told him " you need to make this decision on your own, I just don't think a trial will get you out of this...they WILL find you guilty". Did I say the right thing in the right way? (sorry this is so long...I missed my calling as a novelist as many of us have. )