What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina.
a friend and i were in a local walmart, when he decided to boost a couple of tiems for his new paintball gun. after getting about 40$ in items, he hid the package of one of them and rounded the aisle. Not even 5 seconds later, a loss prevention guy came up. (we hadnt attempted to leave.)
he flashed a badge that i found later to be fake, and had a gun on his hip. also a fake. (it was a CO2 BB gun.) Now i didnt have anything on me, but i was dressed sort of like my friend was, so he took us both into the back.
There, he told us to put everything we had in our pockets onto the table. i had a few things, but they were mine. i.e my ipod, and headphones. a few officers came a while later, and began writing the papers up. the entire pile of what my friend had in his pockets, plus our own things now, now on the table.
what i dont get however, is that i had nothing that belonged to the store, yet it was written down like i did.
that is my first thing i would like to have cleared up. is that legal?
my second, is that when we went to court over it, the judge asked if i had a record. i didnt, and dont up to this day, so he gave me a paper with a class that requires me to pay 250$ to take. this class would dismiss the case and if i had the money, i would. but thats the problem. at 18 i have a summer job, but i've also got bills that need to be paid.
Now i was told that when i go back, if i havent taken the class, i'll have to plead either not guilty, or guilty on the spot. and what i would like is a public defender. however it probably will not be given, and nor was i given the option as whether or not to get one.
that is second and last of the problems.
any advice as to what i should do, or could do would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Corey.
a friend and i were in a local walmart, when he decided to boost a couple of tiems for his new paintball gun. after getting about 40$ in items, he hid the package of one of them and rounded the aisle. Not even 5 seconds later, a loss prevention guy came up. (we hadnt attempted to leave.)
he flashed a badge that i found later to be fake, and had a gun on his hip. also a fake. (it was a CO2 BB gun.) Now i didnt have anything on me, but i was dressed sort of like my friend was, so he took us both into the back.
There, he told us to put everything we had in our pockets onto the table. i had a few things, but they were mine. i.e my ipod, and headphones. a few officers came a while later, and began writing the papers up. the entire pile of what my friend had in his pockets, plus our own things now, now on the table.
what i dont get however, is that i had nothing that belonged to the store, yet it was written down like i did.
that is my first thing i would like to have cleared up. is that legal?
my second, is that when we went to court over it, the judge asked if i had a record. i didnt, and dont up to this day, so he gave me a paper with a class that requires me to pay 250$ to take. this class would dismiss the case and if i had the money, i would. but thats the problem. at 18 i have a summer job, but i've also got bills that need to be paid.
Now i was told that when i go back, if i havent taken the class, i'll have to plead either not guilty, or guilty on the spot. and what i would like is a public defender. however it probably will not be given, and nor was i given the option as whether or not to get one.
that is second and last of the problems.
any advice as to what i should do, or could do would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Corey.