The stupid meetings. How I hated them. They started having this group therapy lady come in, and the other probationers were egging me on about what I did to end up there (picking on me as I was the youngest one, and am extremely quiet). She made me say it, and then told the other kids that "see, you should be careful he might jump over the table and stab you." She got fired a few weeks later. I didn't belong around those people. There were nothing but bad people in there with me. I learned how to pick locks during those meetings, as they would leave us unsupervised at times. Really shaped my view on why putting a bunch of teenage criminals in the same place together is probably not the best idea. Worst 7 months of my life. My probation officer actually said I didn't need to come to the meetings because he knew I was a good kid, but my parents still made me go. I had to go to anger management as well. I don't think I learned anything about controlling my anger. I just knew I sure as hell didn't want to go to those sessions or the group probation meetings ever again.
I have probably committed felonies (non-violent, non-harmful to anyone else, in my distant youth, and each beyond any statute of limitations) but I've never been charged with one. They would have all been drug-related if anything illegal I ever did rose to the level of felony. If I'd have been in the OP's position I'd have done exactly as he did and I think it was a miscarriage of justice that he did any prison time or that he wears the mark of a felon now. It sounds like legal malpractice on the part of his lawyer to me. OP: good job on defending your girlfriend. Bad job on not firing your counsel early enough to have avoided the legal judgment.
Glad to hear it was dropped to a misdemeanor and all has worked out well for you... its been over a year for me and i appreciate the encouragement...
No witnesses witnessed him grope her or taking pictures(common practice in lasvegas)... everyone diiiddd witness us fight tho... i also slammed his camera and shattered it... i did not neccesatily beat him to a pulp, and no weapons were involved, he did get beat up nicely... The cops jus never filed charges, they believed my girl but not me(because i ran) and no witness of the groping... They denied involvement and said they feared for.thier life and thay i started it and blah blah bullshiit... but in the end it is what it is... Thanks for the support...
I'm a little surprised you would do the same thing all over again, knowing what the end result could be. I can understand you wanting to defend your girl and all. But, if I knew I was going to go to prison for two years and end up with a criminal record, I think I would just grab my girl and get the hell out of there. It may look chicken, but two years in prison sounds very unpleasant. It wouldn't be worth it for me.
They origanally charged me with ag assault w deadly weapon(said i had a bottle, which is not true)... i was facing a sentence of 4-15yrs in nevada which equalss about 6-7yrs prison time... i also had prior assaults and while growing up i did grafitti... so i took 1-4 sentence did 22months and got out... started college and havent looked.back since...
Have I made you angry? That was not my intention -- please do not allow my post to ruin your weekend.
No, you made me so happy I think it might last all weekend. Now kindly tell me if I am a felon or not. I'm a liberal and I can't decide!
Quite funny and saddening at the same time... one thing i am upset about is not being able to vote, especially since ive never had the honor to do so... its like, if you make one bad decision, your opinion nor your voice is important anymore...
