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Advice for a newbie....am i clueless or what???
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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 170696" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>I'm struggling with the lawyer issue right now too. Every attorney I called (except the one I hired) said to go for PCOV, i.e. probation without verdict, for the marijuana possession and paraphernalia charges. They said difficult child would have to plead guilty, but would be put on probation for a year. If he stayed out of trouble for the year, the entire record would be thrown out. Oh, and he would have to get a letter from a doctor stating that he's a drug addict. Only the attorney I hired said anything about police procedures or about actually representing difficult child. All of the attorneys had a flat fee for the PCOV thing; ours then adds another $1500 for litigating, i.e. fighting the charges. </p><p></p><p>The only problem now is that I'm wondering if we should even fight the charges. If difficult child walks away from this with charges dismissed, it won't be good for his attitude. He's already started getting angry at me, blaming me, twisting everything so that he can view himself as a victim, etc. Sounds something like what you're experiencing. Maybe we shouldn't try so hard to fight for them ...?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 170696, member: 2884"] I'm struggling with the lawyer issue right now too. Every attorney I called (except the one I hired) said to go for PCOV, i.e. probation without verdict, for the marijuana possession and paraphernalia charges. They said difficult child would have to plead guilty, but would be put on probation for a year. If he stayed out of trouble for the year, the entire record would be thrown out. Oh, and he would have to get a letter from a doctor stating that he's a drug addict. Only the attorney I hired said anything about police procedures or about actually representing difficult child. All of the attorneys had a flat fee for the PCOV thing; ours then adds another $1500 for litigating, i.e. fighting the charges. The only problem now is that I'm wondering if we should even fight the charges. If difficult child walks away from this with charges dismissed, it won't be good for his attitude. He's already started getting angry at me, blaming me, twisting everything so that he can view himself as a victim, etc. Sounds something like what you're experiencing. Maybe we shouldn't try so hard to fight for them ...? [/QUOTE]
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