He was determined!
I take him today to talk to his lawyer about his case for driving while license revoked in Columbus County NC. Columbus County really has one of the nicer jails but they have really strict cops and judges...lol. They scare Cory to death. Small County. Not much for them to do but enforce the law!
Cory got caught there for DWLR coming back from the beach at about 3 or 4am because everyone else was falling asleep at the wheel. The owner of the car did have license so the car was insured and tagged but he was a bit tipsy so he was falling asleep. Cory was ok to drive so he said...I will drive so we get home in one piece. They were less that 40 minutes from home. No one else on the road in a dark area so Cory had his brights on. He actually didnt even realize they were on since it was so dark out. Cop was parked on the side of the road. Cory wasnt speeding or doing anything else illegal. Cop stopped Cory because he didnt dim his headlights. It even said that on the ticket and Cop testified to that in Court. Cory thought all he would have to do is pay a ticket and go home. NOT! They ordered him to serve an active 120 day sentence back at the end of June. Cory bailed out in order to appeal his sentence.
Well he got a court appointed lawyer earlier this month when he went to his first appearance in Superior Ct. Actually quite a good lawyer. In such a small county the lawyers are the same as if you hired one...lol. It works the same in my county too but there are a much bigger pool to get one chosen from in my county so it isnt quite so obvious. I just found it funny when I saw one defendent decline a court appointed attorney to hire the guy that Cory got when getting a court appointed attorney...lol.
This lawyer was so gung ho wanting to help Cory. He wanted to do everything he could to get all Cory's driving stuff fixed. Cory just looked at him and said...we cant do that...Im unfixable, I hoovered it all up so many times, so long ago. Then he said...Im on probation because I stole from my momma. She turned me in like she needed to do. (Guy just looked at me like I had two heads...lol) I said yep, do it again tomorrow if he steals from me again. Cory just nodded. He said, I wrote checks on her account that were felonies. Im F'ed up for a long time. My fault, not hers.
So now the guy says, well maybe we can get this ticket thrown out cause the cop shouldnt have pulled you over because you didnt do anything for him to pull you over. If he hadnt pulled you over, he wouldnt have discovered you DWLR. We have a good case for that. OR...we can probably plead you down to 30 days in jail and do it only on weekends. So today Cory is going to decide which to do. Risk the trial or take the plea. I think he is going to take the plea because he really was guilty.
Of course, he also has Court tomorrow in our county for the exact same thing and that isnt even a contestable case...he was caught in a road block. Its his first appearance though here so he will get a court appointed lawyer and postpone this case till after he sees about this other case. Most likely our county will only give a fine. Our jail is too booked up.