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november_rain123
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Just curious. I got a summary offense citation that is total b.s. and would most likely be thrown out of court if I have a lawyer. The thing is, I am stone-cold broke, no job except parttime menial work ever since my last layoff, and I was told public defenders dont do summary offenses, only the bigger stuff. Could the judge seeing me in court sporting a baby bump go in my favor?
I should prolly mention -- the "b.s." citation I got was "disorderly conduct" for crying and whining to a friend after I got robbed. My friend and I called park security after being robbed, so they were already on the scene and didnt do anything bout the robbery but instead cited me. They were prolly annoyed to hear me crying and blubbering on and on as the crime victim. But hey pregnant girls are prone to hormonal spikes and mood swings that can cause that kinda behavior...so if the judge sees me pregnant amongst the other b.s. of this case, do you think that will help me? Or hurt me? Or not affect it either way?
correction - it wasnt park security who gave me a citation, since they werent real cops. But theyre the ones who called the cops and told them to cite me. Oh and the "best" part is, when the cop came they told him to give me a citation, but didnt even bother to submit the grant theft incident report for the >$500 theft I was victim to.
FYI, at least in the state of Pennsylvania public defenders and legal aid do NOT cover summary offenses like this one. Public defenders only cover felonies + misdemeanors, legal aid only covers civil cases. So I'm left out and I'm SCREWED.
Also - I have no problem with the cop who handed me the citation, all he did was carry out orders from the park security staff and hand me a piece of paper. It's the park security staff (i.e., not cops) who treated me badly. The cop didn't even see/hear anything happen, just took the word of the security staff. Oh should I mention that when security called the cop, they told him to cite me but didn't even bother to notify the cop about the grand theft incident???
DrSoapMo: you gave great advice. However, I cannot HONESTLY tell the judge that "I've never experienced a theft before". Unfortunately I'm the type that is the world's "kick around toy" and always seems to have bad stuff happen to me beyond my control(e.g., 5 untimely family/friend deaths in 1yr)...and this isn't my first theft. I've submitted at least 2 other theft reports to the police in the past 3yrs, so I don't want to lie and say it's my first theft when I filed a theft report in the same city 2yrs earlier. However, I can honestly say that each and every new theft occuring to me has made me progressively more jaded, bitter, and angry as a person about it, so that might explain psychologically why I was so distraught and shooken up that day.
I should prolly mention -- the "b.s." citation I got was "disorderly conduct" for crying and whining to a friend after I got robbed. My friend and I called park security after being robbed, so they were already on the scene and didnt do anything bout the robbery but instead cited me. They were prolly annoyed to hear me crying and blubbering on and on as the crime victim. But hey pregnant girls are prone to hormonal spikes and mood swings that can cause that kinda behavior...so if the judge sees me pregnant amongst the other b.s. of this case, do you think that will help me? Or hurt me? Or not affect it either way?
correction - it wasnt park security who gave me a citation, since they werent real cops. But theyre the ones who called the cops and told them to cite me. Oh and the "best" part is, when the cop came they told him to give me a citation, but didnt even bother to submit the grant theft incident report for the >$500 theft I was victim to.
FYI, at least in the state of Pennsylvania public defenders and legal aid do NOT cover summary offenses like this one. Public defenders only cover felonies + misdemeanors, legal aid only covers civil cases. So I'm left out and I'm SCREWED.
Also - I have no problem with the cop who handed me the citation, all he did was carry out orders from the park security staff and hand me a piece of paper. It's the park security staff (i.e., not cops) who treated me badly. The cop didn't even see/hear anything happen, just took the word of the security staff. Oh should I mention that when security called the cop, they told him to cite me but didn't even bother to notify the cop about the grand theft incident???
DrSoapMo: you gave great advice. However, I cannot HONESTLY tell the judge that "I've never experienced a theft before". Unfortunately I'm the type that is the world's "kick around toy" and always seems to have bad stuff happen to me beyond my control(e.g., 5 untimely family/friend deaths in 1yr)...and this isn't my first theft. I've submitted at least 2 other theft reports to the police in the past 3yrs, so I don't want to lie and say it's my first theft when I filed a theft report in the same city 2yrs earlier. However, I can honestly say that each and every new theft occuring to me has made me progressively more jaded, bitter, and angry as a person about it, so that might explain psychologically why I was so distraught and shooken up that day.