California legal questions.
04-05-2004, 12:52 PM
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California legal questions.
Without going to much into the back story, heres what I need to know.
When I stood before the judge in November of 2002 I was told that if I plead guilty I would get the charges reduced. Ever since it's been almost impossible to find and keep a job. I recently got a copy of my background check from yet another employer who didn't want to hire me, and I didn't get the reduced charges I was promised, I got the full charges.
I've already ordered a court transcript to find out if I'm right. If I am, what is the next step? Any one ever have this problem, or no someone who has? I need to get back to work, but no one want to hire me due to my background. Any thoughts?
When I stood before the judge in November of 2002 I was told that if I plead guilty I would get the charges reduced. Ever since it's been almost impossible to find and keep a job. I recently got a copy of my background check from yet another employer who didn't want to hire me, and I didn't get the reduced charges I was promised, I got the full charges.
I've already ordered a court transcript to find out if I'm right. If I am, what is the next step? Any one ever have this problem, or no someone who has? I need to get back to work, but no one want to hire me due to my background. Any thoughts?
04-05-2004, 01:26 PM
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The original charges were Grand theft and Imbezzlement.
Since I turned myself in, since I was working under managers supervision, and since I was 18 at the time it was supposed to get moved down to petty theft.
Whats really funny is my first name is Eddie. So many times I have been asked....."Hey are you related to Ponch?"
Since I turned myself in, since I was working under managers supervision, and since I was 18 at the time it was supposed to get moved down to petty theft.
Whats really funny is my first name is Eddie. So many times I have been asked....."Hey are you related to Ponch?"
04-05-2004, 02:16 PM
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Origami posted by mexicanpizza
Call a lawyer once you get the court transcripts. Unless one of us is a lawyer, our opinions are probably BS/conjecture.
Call a lawyer once you get the court transcripts. Unless one of us is a lawyer, our opinions are probably BS/conjecture.
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04-05-2004, 02:29 PM
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I'll chime in here since I'm an attorney. You might take a crack at fixing this yourself if you're hard up for cash. Take the transcript and speak with the clerk of the court for the relevant jurisdiction. If they are helpful they might be able to show you how you can begin to get this error fixed. You need to be diligent and keep hounding them until your background check comes back with the reduced charges. It's also important that you be polite and respectful at all times. These people may not have to help you so do your best to make them want to help you. This is particularly true if you need the judge to sign anything. Call him or her your Honor and present yourself as a kid who screwed up once and is trying to get his life back on track.
If that doesn't work you should get a lawyer. This sounds like the kind of thing that can be fixed with a phone call so it's imperative that you get a good lawyer who has experience with the criminal court that processed you. Twenty minutes from a good lawyer is a lot better (and cheaper) than five hours from a hack.
If that doesn't work you should get a lawyer. This sounds like the kind of thing that can be fixed with a phone call so it's imperative that you get a good lawyer who has experience with the criminal court that processed you. Twenty minutes from a good lawyer is a lot better (and cheaper) than five hours from a hack.
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04-05-2004, 03:06 PM
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All I want is to be able to go back to work. I really don't care about a "we're sorry" or anything like that. I have a wife to support, and going back to school for my ASE's has been hard enough without worrying about paying bills and all this court fooey.
EDIT: Thanks for the input everyone.
EDIT: Thanks for the input everyone.
04-06-2004, 10:11 AM
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Just so you know, having any criminal record is bad these days.
A frigging misdemeanor can prevent you from having meaningful employment.
A frigging misdemeanor can prevent you from having meaningful employment.
04-06-2004, 02:44 PM
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A guy here at my work was doing something (I don't recall exactly) where he was yelling WITH his wife, not AT her, but a neighbor mistook it as domestic abuse and called the cops.
Even though BOTH he and his wife agreed there had been no abuse the cops told him that due to a new law they needed to take him in.
Because it was 'violent' in nature my employer FIRED HIM as soon as they found out.
He eventually got everything cleared up in the court, but my employer has disallowed ALL communication with him. We have been told to simply ignore all communication from him.
Nice, eh?
Even though BOTH he and his wife agreed there had been no abuse the cops told him that due to a new law they needed to take him in.
Because it was 'violent' in nature my employer FIRED HIM as soon as they found out.
He eventually got everything cleared up in the court, but my employer has disallowed ALL communication with him. We have been told to simply ignore all communication from him.
Nice, eh?
04-06-2004, 03:29 PM
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yeah, new domestic violence law requires them to haul someone in on the second call to an incident, and sometimes they take on the first call...it's called a "shall-take"