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Pre-sentencing

Interview with mitchell, Stewart, Adam, Jeffrey, Brent and Daryll

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
mitchell: It was very interesting and to this day do not understand. Two investigators came to my mother's house asking had she seen me and she said not today and asked was I in trouble. They said no just have her give us a call and gave her there personal cell number. So the next day I called and he asked why I haven't been to work that my boss was worried about me I told him to cut the act I do not have a job so he asked me did i know anything bout opium n i said that is what this is bout he asked could we meet somewhere n go for a drive n talk i said the only place you need to talk to me would be at the station so i went there n he put me in his car in front of intake n asked me was there some things i needed o tell him i said no the only hing i knew about the supposed opium is i found it on top of a gas pump n someone wanted to buy it i had never heard of it n the only thing i ever known of it wasto be n incense which the person who bought it say it getsyouhigh which i didnt get high so was not into it so someone offered me 300.00 for it n of course being 21 n broke i took the money not knowing it was a set up n 6 months later he would be knocking on my moms door which till this day is still weird to me but i ended up being booked after 4 hours of sitting in the tank while they were trying to find out what to charge me with they did not even have a warrant when he took me to the back if i could remember the names i would give them to you but i dont want nemore trouble well i got bailed out after being there forever it felt
Stewart: I was charged with a crime, processed into the jail and then the next day I saw a judge via closed circuit monitor was told how much my bail was of which at the time I was not able to post bail and was denied a pre trial release so I sat waiting for a court date
Adam: I arrived at the jail on a Saturday night and was there for child support. I saw the judge on the Monday morning. They had come by my mothers looking for me on each of the two warrants that I had. Other than that they did have a reason to question anything
Jeffrey: was processed into the jail and the next day saw a judge on a video monitor and was told what my bail was, which I could not pay so I was in the jail for 7 months and finally went to court for sentencing on a plea agreement worked out between my p.d. and the prosocuter
Brent: got booked in, waited hours for the whole processing procedure then taken to be strip searched and givin a shower and got a torn up jump suit and boxers, t shirt, and socks, then put in a holding cell for a few hour, then taken to a temporary dorm, then the next day re located to a permanent dorm and I waited approx. 2 and a half months to see a judge for a vop
Daryll: well I was held without bail for about 7 months before I went to court. I had a private attorney so he was able to work out a plea agreement with the prosecuting attorney and I was sentenced to 3 years probation and complete the art program and after I was sentenced I waited 7 weeks for art to come get me

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
mitchell: yes explained in the above
Stewart: I was out with some friends one night and I did not know that I had a warrant for my arrest for a false declaration to a pawn broker and someone that knew me, an ex girlfriend, knew I had a warrant and she called the police and told them where I was, the police came to where I was and arrested me. I asked the police to secure my vehicle and they stated no problem we will take care of it and after they took me to jail the ex girlfriend used a spare key to steal my vehicle. I know this because two days later I asked my brother to go get my vehicle from where it was and he said "Jackie said that I said she could use it while I was in jail" Jackie was the ex girlfriend that called the police on me and the crime of which I was arrested for did not have anything to do with her so when I heard this from my brother I asked jail staff for some assistance to have the police get my vehicle returned the c/o and the sgt. laughed at me and told me to get out of their face
Adam: I was at a friends house and had left to go to the store. when I had come back I was walking back out to the truck when a sheriffs pulled in behind me and asked to check my id. I had been complety out of the truck, inside and back out to the truck and he said since I was out in the yard drinking a beer he had a right to see who I was. only went to jail for the child support warrants that I had
Jeffrey: I was picked up on a bench warrant that I did not know I had, I checked into a motel and very shortly after I checked in the police arrived and knocked on my door and arrested me. I later found out from my lawyer that that is what Escambia county does, they make deals with the motel operators to call in to the police with the name of everyone that checks in to find people with warrents and in return the sheriffs office turns a blind eye to the prostitution going on at these establishments
Brent: I did 5 years in pa. for an old case and then I was extradited down to fl. that whole process in itself was a crime itself being locked in a cramped trans cor van for 12 days driving all over the country being forced to not go to the bathroom for 6,8,10 hours at a time. that whole process should be illegal
Daryll: I was out and someone that I knew saw me and they knew I had a bench warrant so they called the sheriffs dept to tell them where I was and about 8 officers showed up to arrest me for the bench warrant. I asked them to secure my vehicle and they refused and 2 days later when I was able to get someone to get my vehicle it had been stolen

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
mitchell: it was horrible i had a public defender n had to wait forever each time i went the only offer the state was offering me was 2 years in prison of course with only like 10 points i turned it down my pd said they didn't have enough points to send me to prison but i guess point system does not matter cuz while going to court for this charge i commited a crime on ebay n did get 30 months state prison plus 5 years probation having only 18 points i am currently on probation still praying i can get it paid off by oct or get avop which my life is completely different now i have two kids and a husband and we struggle just to get the bills paid but anyway on the opium charge i pled to the judge n he gave me 9 months in county jail
Stewart: I had a plea agreement with the state so when I went to court I sat in the jury box handcuffed for approx. 3 hours waiting for my case to be called. once my case was finally called I told the judge that I was not coerced and that I would plead guilty
Adam: Court for child support in Escambia county is in the jail...There was the so called judge, a deputy and recorder I am guessing...also a woman on the phone relaying all the information in the files and paperwork. judge was rude and didn't want to hear anything. When I went back to court he did release me and gave me 60 and 90 days to pay my purges.
Jeffrey: sat in a cramped hot holding cell for hours before I was called to court room, the toilet did not work in the holding cell, there were fights, no place to sit but on a filthy floor, then in the court room I sat for hours in a jury box, then when done in court I went back down to the holding cell again for 3 hours waiting to go back to the jail to be released
Brent: sat in a holding cell for hours waiting to go to court and then when I finally got into court the probation officer was trying to get the judge to give me the 5 year suspended sentence that I had for the original sentence but the judge was not going for that because I only had a technical violation so he sentenced me to what I scored out to which was 13 months
Daryll: court was a very slow process. I had an attorney and every time they called my case either my attorney or the prosocuter was off some where else dealing with another court room and by the time every one was on the same page I had been sitting in the court room for about 5 to 6 hours

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Stewart: 6 counts of false declaration to a pawn broker and 1 count of receiving stolen property and I was convicted on all counts
Adam: was in for child support...which I thought was debtors jail and not legal
Jeffrey: receiving stolen property and theft, was convicted of 1 count receiving stolen property and false declaration to a pawn broker
Brent: I had grand theft charges which I was put on probation for then violated so I was sentenced on the violation
Daryll: I had a charge of grand theft and 6 counts of making a false declaration to a pawn broker and I was convicted of the grand theft charge

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