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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Clark

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Clark: Two attorney meetings with public defender. One for the initial appearance and one for the plea agreement. There was a pre-sentence investigation (PSI) completed by the probation dept. I did not meet with probation dept. I completed an application and returned it and then they compiled it. It was approximately 80% accurate.

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Clark: I was traveling for work and I just happened to be leaving to go and get a cup of coffee before work and there was a ruckus outside in the parking lot and the police were just trying to collect details about what was going on. It was a fluke. If I would have just waiting til it was time to leave I would never have ran into the officers by accident

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Clark: Brief. I never spent more than a few minutes engaged with the judge, defense attorney and prosecutor each time. The judge was somewhat harsh with most defendants I was witness to. Court was always crowded and busy. Mostly drug cases and some robberies and assaults. It seemed like mostly drugs.

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Clark: I was charged with a DUI and Failure to Appear as I missed a court date that my attorney was supposed to have changed. The DUI was a misdemeanor and the FTA was made a felony because I guess they rescheduled me to be in court the following day as well and I missed both dates.

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