05-14-2006, 02:08 PM
Get representation. The state/county as prosecutors working for them so you should have a defender working for you. If you can afford a lawyer I would strongly reccomend it, they may seem expensive but weigh that against how our goverment rapes you on felony charges. Trust me when I say the state doesn't want you rehabed, they just want your money.
If you don't have the money to get a lawyer then go with the public defender, it's better than nothing, though you'll have to show proof you don't hafe the financial means to get a lawyer.
I got picked up for wreckless driving while street racing, and I had absolutely no record prior to my arrest, but it still didn't keep the ****ing prosecutor for burning me to the fullest extent. Over a thousand dollars in fines, five days of jail... Which is stupid becuase you have to actually pay to go to jail, or you can do alternative senatcing (pick up garbage) that I still had to pay for albiet a bit less then going to jail. And to top it all off I have had to carry an SR22 "financial responsibility" filing, which in laymans terms = Extremely expensive insurance (120/a month just for ****ing liability) .... And wreckless is just a misdemeanor
And what really gets under my skin is I had a friend get popped for more or less the same thing, and he went with the public defender to get it lowered to an inattentive driving ticket.
So do what you can to help yourself. Personally I to me it seems pretty weak that they did a search on you for littering, especially at a river fest (the river fest in my town is huge, and the park just gets trashed after it's over).
If you don't have the money to get a lawyer then go with the public defender, it's better than nothing, though you'll have to show proof you don't hafe the financial means to get a lawyer.
I got picked up for wreckless driving while street racing, and I had absolutely no record prior to my arrest, but it still didn't keep the ****ing prosecutor for burning me to the fullest extent. Over a thousand dollars in fines, five days of jail... Which is stupid becuase you have to actually pay to go to jail, or you can do alternative senatcing (pick up garbage) that I still had to pay for albiet a bit less then going to jail. And to top it all off I have had to carry an SR22 "financial responsibility" filing, which in laymans terms = Extremely expensive insurance (120/a month just for ****ing liability) .... And wreckless is just a misdemeanor
And what really gets under my skin is I had a friend get popped for more or less the same thing, and he went with the public defender to get it lowered to an inattentive driving ticket.
So do what you can to help yourself. Personally I to me it seems pretty weak that they did a search on you for littering, especially at a river fest (the river fest in my town is huge, and the park just gets trashed after it's over).