No sobriety test, no accuser/victim, no video?
No, do I even need an attorney?
I've learned the hard way you don't do anything without an attorney.
I just don't want a commie/jew
Take the public defender and ask him if he thinks he can get it dismissed. You can always fire the PD at anytime and hire someone.
I have no idea but it doesn't sound like you'd have a hard time getting some shit dropped. But you're White, male, mostly straight, and not a pedo. So good luck.
BTW you can only get shit dropped by hiring a lawyer. To drop shit on your own would require you to talk 1:1 with the prosecutor before trial. They would love that. Discussing your case with a prosecutor would be absurdly moronic.
A plea deal typically gets argued, "I would argue that my client actually did...", "and this should be the consequence". Imagine saying that to a prosecutor. You'd be confessing at some level just to float a possible agreement. The PD doesn't have the time to pursue the plea deal or charge drops as hard. They may have sufficient skill in the court room, hopefully, but you have a higher probability of arguing against the charges as they are, or a token drop of the lesser charge to save both the prosecutor and PD time with a plea (no trial), instead of the larger charge being dropped through a hired lawyer.
Yes. In fact the better your case the more you should get an attorney. He will leverage what is in your favor effectively, maybe even before court happens. A prosecutor sees someone without an attorney and they see easy pickings. In general you don't want to testify in court at all. In order to defend yourself on your own in court you will have to tell your side of the story which would mean testifying. It takes very little effort for a prosecutor to trip up what you say even if it's bullshit logic. A lawyer knows how to not feed prosecutors so he will make sure what is said in your favor accounts for all the angles of attack a prosecutor may approach.
Maybe the fact that you have an attorney and things are poorly documented will scare off a prosecutor completely, or at least get them to drop nearly all charges. In general if there is a process error you need an attorney to challenge processing.
Yes, an attorney can do something with these facts.
From experience, yes.
10+ years ago you didn't, today you do as they turned it into a money racket. You can show up with evidence in your favor and the DA won't even talk to you.
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