I do not have "antisocial personality disorder" as one answerer suggested, nor is it appropriate to tell me I'm going to Rikers. Just reading the word made my heart skip a beat. Jail is horrible and it's scary, and it changes people. That's why I'm up posting this on Yahoo Answers when I should be asleep. The crimes I committed I committed because I had been going through hard times, drinking a lot, whatever, it's really my business. All of my arrests sound really dumb, I know, and that's because they were, but I'm putting them out here because I'm scared and I want answers. I thought maybe there might be a law student or someone who could help. I can't sleep because I'm afraid I'm going to end up in Jail or doing community service around Christmas time. I was arrested for hopping a turn style in New York City. I was searched and they found a baggie of weed on me. THE MACHINE WAS BROKEN AND NOT ACCEPTING BILLS. The weed, also, was not mine, but of course no cop in the world would ever believe that, not even I would.
That leaves me with a "theft of services" charge, and a "possession of marijuana" charge. In the past I was arrested for "making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument, and "criminal mischief", all on the same night and for the same crime -drawing on a pole with a marker. When I was 18 I got arrested in the subway for being on the tracks. Again, stupid, I know. I was very fucked up and very young. For these most recent charges I was served with three days community service. The city appointed lawyer refuted that sentence, said something I couldn't understand, and instead i was told to return later the next month. That's when my lawyer said to me "come back and they'll throw it out." This seems strange, to give me a court date just to have something thrown out. I've messed up a lot in the past couple of years, and this was the straw on the camels back. People get caught in the system and now I can see how and why. Any way my question is THIS: Will my case be thrown out? If not, what is the likely sentencing? Thank you in advance for reading this.
That leaves me with a "theft of services" charge, and a "possession of marijuana" charge. In the past I was arrested for "making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument, and "criminal mischief", all on the same night and for the same crime -drawing on a pole with a marker. When I was 18 I got arrested in the subway for being on the tracks. Again, stupid, I know. I was very fucked up and very young. For these most recent charges I was served with three days community service. The city appointed lawyer refuted that sentence, said something I couldn't understand, and instead i was told to return later the next month. That's when my lawyer said to me "come back and they'll throw it out." This seems strange, to give me a court date just to have something thrown out. I've messed up a lot in the past couple of years, and this was the straw on the camels back. People get caught in the system and now I can see how and why. Any way my question is THIS: Will my case be thrown out? If not, what is the likely sentencing? Thank you in advance for reading this.