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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Lou and Cindy

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Lou: I was in Collin County for two days before seeing a judge.
Cindy: I went straight from the back of the cop car to incarceration. You walk in the door, you answer a bunch of questions about your health, you take off all your jewelry, and then you are escorted in to the waiting area, where there's a bathroom and a bunch of chairs and a TV. You sit in red chairs and wait for them to call your name, get you in the system, and then get you showered and your clothes on, then you went to your pod.

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Lou: I had some outstanding traffic sitations and also had a DWI. I had two outstanding warrants for the traffic tickets and I was pulled over for the DWI.
Cindy: The police never came by the house. I was out and about committing crimes and people called 911 on me and they took me to jail. I was trespassing on my neighbor's property and they called the police on me. I was mentally unwell due to my circumstances at that point, that is to say, continuous drug usage, and I did not realize the full ramifications of what I was doing.

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Lou: It was just a magistrate bond hearing. I didn't have the funds available to bond out. It took me a couple of weeks to come up with the money. Finally got my girlfriend to bail me out.
Cindy: I went to court inside the jail. There's a waiting area and then you get called in with several others to sit down on some chairs lined up in the room, and they call your name. You see the judge on a projected screen while the lawyer and court scribe and in the little room with you.

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Lou: 2nd DWI. Tickets was time served
Cindy: My original charge was burglary, and I ended up getting a deferred conviction of Burglary of a Building. I also spent time serving fines on a misdemeanor.

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