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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 648525" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>UPDATE</p><p></p><p>So, that was uneventful. I got up, had some breakfast, walked the dogs, got showered and dressed. The nerves pretty much went away after a few deep breaths and a stern self-talking to. <em>"You've been in a court hundreds of times. You've dealt with far worse than a municipal shoplifting charge. You've talked to prosecutors you don't know before. What's the difference? Normally you don't actually <strong>care </strong>about your client. So...he's your client. Just call him your client. You can do this!"</em> And by the time the pantyhose went on I felt like a lawyer again. (I may be an attorney, but I haven't been a go-to-court-and-represent-a-client lawyer in 20 years. I'm more like a judge, only my judgments are for an administrative agency and the trials are over the phone 90% of the time. It's been 20+ years since I had a client.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I get there, get the file (which had indeed been pulled to continue to March) and sat for a while waiting for an opening to talk to the PA. A smile, a short conversation, and he offered a suspended imposition of sentence and 40 hours of community service. It's an incredibly good deal. I put it off to March so he has time to (hopefully) get a new job and and the money for the c.s. fees and court costs. </p><p></p><p>Talked to my son after. I made him sign my document. He didn't complain in the slightest. His friend apparently entered a not-guilty plea to delay things. I'm going to suggest to him he talk to the PA himself next month. I won't do it. </p><p></p><p>I told my son I will not under any circumstances do this again. He said, "You won't have to. I'll never get arrested again." I told him I hoped not. That this was not who we raised him to be and it was time he start behaving like the person we raised. I told him I'm trying to stay out of his business...but he needs to take care of business. We talked a bit about unimportant things. At the end he thanked me and told me he knew I hadn't wanted to do this. I told him no, I hadn't wanted <em>him </em>to ever do anything to ever make it necessary. </p><p></p><p>So now I'm home, having a bit of coffee (and brandy) and I think I may need something to eat. But I'm calm. </p><p></p><p>I'm okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 648525, member: 17309"] UPDATE So, that was uneventful. I got up, had some breakfast, walked the dogs, got showered and dressed. The nerves pretty much went away after a few deep breaths and a stern self-talking to. [I]"You've been in a court hundreds of times. You've dealt with far worse than a municipal shoplifting charge. You've talked to prosecutors you don't know before. What's the difference? Normally you don't actually [B]care [/B]about your client. So...he's your client. Just call him your client. You can do this!"[/I] And by the time the pantyhose went on I felt like a lawyer again. (I may be an attorney, but I haven't been a go-to-court-and-represent-a-client lawyer in 20 years. I'm more like a judge, only my judgments are for an administrative agency and the trials are over the phone 90% of the time. It's been 20+ years since I had a client.) Anyway, I get there, get the file (which had indeed been pulled to continue to March) and sat for a while waiting for an opening to talk to the PA. A smile, a short conversation, and he offered a suspended imposition of sentence and 40 hours of community service. It's an incredibly good deal. I put it off to March so he has time to (hopefully) get a new job and and the money for the c.s. fees and court costs. Talked to my son after. I made him sign my document. He didn't complain in the slightest. His friend apparently entered a not-guilty plea to delay things. I'm going to suggest to him he talk to the PA himself next month. I won't do it. I told my son I will not under any circumstances do this again. He said, "You won't have to. I'll never get arrested again." I told him I hoped not. That this was not who we raised him to be and it was time he start behaving like the person we raised. I told him I'm trying to stay out of his business...but he needs to take care of business. We talked a bit about unimportant things. At the end he thanked me and told me he knew I hadn't wanted to do this. I told him no, I hadn't wanted [I]him [/I]to ever do anything to ever make it necessary. So now I'm home, having a bit of coffee (and brandy) and I think I may need something to eat. But I'm calm. I'm okay. [/QUOTE]
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