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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Kyle, Alan and Mary

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Kyle: Once you are processed you have to go to a bail hearing where you hear the exact charges against you and the amount your bail is, if you should get one. Sometimes you can be released without a cash bond.
Alan: they came out with a offer of 4 years probation so we took it they do alot of talking the public deffender your lawyer and the judge about your charges and what the plea deal is or do you want to go to a jury the public deffender and your lawyer have to aggree
Mary: I was taken into the booking area where I sat for hours and hours not able to use a phone for a long time and then I had my picture taken and my fingerprints done and a print out of my charges. After hours I was taken stripped searched and given county issued clothing from underwear and uniform and taken to housing. The next day I was taken for an advisory hearing where I was informed by a judge of my charges and then taken back to dorm and waited until I was given an attorney and they decided to come and visit 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.
Kyle: No but they did find me about ten miles away. They questioned me for about five minutes and then they arrested me.
Alan: they called the house and asked me to come to the pasco county sheriffs office to talk when i got therte they put the cuffs on told me i was being charged took me to a holding cell till the mourning to see a judge where i got ror and was sent home
Mary: I was going into my doctors appointment to let them know I had moved to another county and my ex called the DEA on me it was an abusive relationship and a DEA officer entered the doctors office asked me to step outside where there was a whole swat team waiting for me and they tore through my mothers van and talked down to me didn't want to hear anything I had to say they had the opinions made by my ex's call and that was that nothing I said really mattered to anyone at that point so I knew I had a fight on my hands.

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Kyle: My first court appearance was 35 days after I was incarcerated. I didn't have the money for bail or I could have been home all that time. It started at 4:30 in the morning, when we were woken up. We showered, then taken to a holding cell where inmates from all over the jail were being processed for their court day. We were in there for around 3 hours. We were given breakfast. When it was time to be transported we were taken out of the holding cell one at a time and were checked off. Then we were hand cuffed and shackled. We were then put in a small transport van and driven to the court house in New Port Richey. We were then escorted out of the van and separated by which court room we were assigned. We were then put in holding cells by the proper court room number. I happened to be the only one in that court room so I was alone. I waited about an hour before the bailiff came and escorted me to the court room.
Alan: court was easy being we took the deal they help adjucation and i went home you have your lawyer with you and they have the public deffender and the judge and baliff they have to aggree on the plea deal and the judge has the finnal say on your senteance
Mary: I eventually did bond out and it was nerve wrecking. While in custody you are shackled and hand cuffed the whole time you don't really get the time to talk to your attorney. The inmates sat where the jury sits and the free people are there watching also. I felt that my attorney was very incompentent and not just in my case but in others that I saw going on. Eventually I had to beg my mother and father to bond me out and my fiancé paid for a street attorney and that is the only way that this case was handled properly. Pasco is a very very slow and the WORST place I have ever been

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Alan: avg assult tempering with a state wittness and auto burgley
Mary: Obtaining Scripts by fraud felon in possession of fire arm With holding information from practioner The only charge that I ended up being sentenced on was the with holding information from a practioner which is doctor shopping

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