Good assumption. Her attorney's job is to try to keep her out of prison, and minimize the jail time possible on these. For obvious reasons, the DA and court are not going to be happy with her at sentencing or plea bargaining. The charges actually filed by the prosecutor will determine how much time could potentially be imposed. $700 bail Amazing it isn?t far higher. Someone screwed up, to her benefit. She has been through this before and should know the reality. When charged with any crime, the proper questions are, can you be convicted, and what can you do? If you don't know how to represent yourself effectively against an experienced prosecutor intending to convict, then hire an attorney who does, who will try to get a charge reduction, diversion, programs, or other decent outcome through motions, plea bargain, or take it to trial if appropriate. If serious about hiring counsel to help in this, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me. I'll be happy to help fight this and get the best outcome possible, using whatever defenses there may be.
Answered on Nov 02nd, 2012 at 5:11 PM