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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Sarah, Sam, Corey, Emma and Jeff

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Sarah: You go to court usually day ofter you are arrested. when you are arraigned, depending on aumber of things the pre-sentencing process begins. it is different for everyone
Sam: I was in there for two weeks before going to trial.
Corey: If there was a pre sentance investigation, I never hear anything about it until i was already being sentenced. most my time was spent in the cell, until i had to go to court. then i was told the time i would be facing, and my charge. i understand how it's supposed to work, but thats just they way it happened for me.
Emma: I was in and out of court for a little over a year. I was facing a few felonies so I hired an excellent attorney to keep me out of jail. It was successful, so they gave me a three year probation sentence, and an ignition interlock device on my vehicle. I was in trouble for an aggravated driving while intoxicated, and 19 years old at the time.
Jeff: I was given an opportunity to chose jail or probation. which then I was given an interview with the local probation team. which then they asked me a series of random questions. and at the en of the process the made their decision of weather i was a fit for them

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Sarah: no
Sam: I was arrested at home. The police had come by and asked if I tatooed a minor and when I said yes they arrested me on the spot and took me right in.
Corey: No police ever stopped by my home. I was arrested at the hospital after recieving an injury from the other party invovled. After the police picked me up from the hospital..i went right into booking,and a holding cell. other then that,i saw a nurse and went back to the cell.
Emma: Police did not come to my house for questioning, however, I was arrested during a routine meeting with my probation officer. My terms of my probation were to avoid drugs, alcohol, and police contact, as well as abiding by the laws of course. I wasn't following rules and continued to drink on probation, and it certainly caught up. The morning after a night of drinking, I felt fine and was headed to work, I blew my ignition interlock device in my vehicle, and it read a positive reading for alcohol. This happened more then once, and the probation office takes it seriously. They violated me and I was fine, still on the streets, no real consequence. But, one day I didn't drink or use drugs, and needed to go pick up my check from work and there was one problem, I didn't have my car. The only other car I had access to was my mother's and she did not have an ignition interlock in her car, so by law AND my license, I was not supposed to drive. BUT, I did. I was fine until my way home when I decided to talk on my cell phone while driving and just so happen to hit a demo, and the cop pulled me over instantly. Repossessed my mother's car, and they locked me up that day. I was bailed out, only to return to jail six months later, as a result of the charges and violations to probation.
Jeff: I was driving down ST Paul st I was speeding doing 50 mph in a 30 mph zone. I was pulled over and asked if I had a licenses. I told them no it had been suspended. So the cop when to his patrol car and ran my info. which then he came back to my car and placed my under arrest

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Sarah: humiliating
Sam: I didn't expect to get out but you still hope to get out. I had Public Defender and he adviced me to plea out so that's what I did.
Corey: I never saw the judge for my case, He seemed to always be busy doing somthing eles. So insted i saw 3 other judges, Only to be told i would be back to court at a later date. Months went by until i saw the judge incharge of my case. Again that was only to be sentenced and told what i had been charged with. The Judges are not very nice people in this court house. Maybe do to high work loads, or the constant repeat offenders they see.
Emma: Court was a mess. I ended up waiting hours to be called to the stand, to have my attorney as the judge for another date to come back. This was nice for keeping me out of jail, but I wanted my answer of what was going to happen to me. Anyways, I was mostly in the Greece Town Court, and this judge dealt with my probation and making sure I was going, following the rules, staying out of trouble, basically keeping an eye on me. The judge who ultimately sent me to jail was the judge out of downtown Rochester court. This judge just so happen to dislike my attorney, on top of the fact that I had a LONG grocery list of charges, and violations in which she had to punish me for.
Jeff: Court was court. basically just like any other court room. I was given a chance to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. Which I then said not guilty and a bail of 5000 bond or 2500 cash was set. with a court date at a another time. not sure when that was

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Sam: A previous charge was for wreckles assault and this was for endangering a minor. I plea out to the assault and unlawfully dealing with a minor.
Corey: Not sure what the "Original "Charge would have been,..like i said i got in the court room and was never really clear of what was going on ,,and i got charged with assult. How is that!! They never listened to myside of what happened. "The judge did ask,,but dismissed it as if it where just "somthing that had to be done for the record:
Emma: My original charges for receiving probation: -Aggravated DWI -Felony Attempted Escape -Felony Assault on a Police Officer -Property Damages(Mailboxes and hospital ceiling) Convicted of: -Aggravated DWI -Misdemeanor Assault on a Police Officer -Paid Property Damages to Hospital My charges for being imprisoned: -Violating Probation -Talking on cell while driving -Driving out of class/Restricted License -Driving without Ignition Interlock Device Convicted of: -Violating probation -Driving without Ignition Interlock Device -Resulted in Revoked License -Resulted in Jail time
Jeff: AWO in the 2 nd

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