Got a public intoxication last night, best way to go about getting it dismissed?
01-02-2010, 10:13 PM
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you will prob have to go to court and then time served will be assesed. you may have to pay for the court cost and a little extra but thats about it. jail rate in sm is 100 or so a day
01-02-2010, 10:24 PM
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Yeah, I don't think $100 a day is worth it to me. Thats like $4 on hour 
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Either way, that was my first time being in jail. And even though it was for a short time, I never want to go again. Time moved by so MF slow. And for the first hour I was pretty talkative with everyone. But everyone seemed to be drunk or high, so all the BS talking got old pretty damn quick.
.Either way, that was my first time being in jail. And even though it was for a short time, I never want to go again. Time moved by so MF slow. And for the first hour I was pretty talkative with everyone. But everyone seemed to be drunk or high, so all the BS talking got old pretty damn quick.
01-03-2010, 01:45 AM
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by definition no contest means you cannot hire an attorney, period. you can file a suit against the city for not reading rights or anything but its really the cops words against yours. the cop is considered an expert witness, so the chances of you winning that are slim to none, especially if you were convicted of PI lol. they might have a small fee for PI, but they usually just throw ya in the drunk tank. maybe it was for mouthing off to the cop? i dunno. and yes, the going rate for jail time is 100 for every 24 hrs
01-04-2010, 06:09 PM
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99problemz... I would have taken a honey bun(THE FOOD) over the slop I got.
Also, I spoke with another lawyer today. He said that the only options on that form are guilty and no contest. He said I had 10 days to change it. And that he could get me deferred for $150, and then I'd just pay some fines with the city. I'm meeting up with him tomorrow at 11am.
Also, I spoke with another lawyer today. He said that the only options on that form are guilty and no contest. He said I had 10 days to change it. And that he could get me deferred for $150, and then I'd just pay some fines with the city. I'm meeting up with him tomorrow at 11am.
01-04-2010, 07:53 PM
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Damn that sucks. I haven't had to many problems with the San Marcos cops but I am sure one of these days they will get me on the square. What Bar where you at? Luckily that damn TV show is gone that would suck to be recorded. I would have turned into the biggest ******** if they were there.
01-07-2010, 08:31 AM
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Have you heard anything else? Did you change your plea?
Standard field sobriety tasks are not required for any arrest, but do help show that someone is impaired to a degree that they are not capable of operating a vehicle. For PI, there is no need to show that. So sobriety tasks are not part of PI.
And no one has to read you the Miranda Rights, ever, unless they have placed you under arrest and are asking incriminating questions directly related to the crime you are arrested for. For a PI I can't really think of anything they would need to Mirandize you for.
This is absolutely 100% incorrect. Hundreds of people are arrested daily without ever being read their rights and it is perfectly legal.
Not true. Class C arrests do appear in criminal background checks. 3 convictions for PI becomes a Class B Misdemeanor. The only way to know that someone has 3 convictions for PI, is to check their criminal history and it will be right there. Both the arrest and conviction or other court disposition.
And no one has to read you the Miranda Rights, ever, unless they have placed you under arrest and are asking incriminating questions directly related to the crime you are arrested for. For a PI I can't really think of anything they would need to Mirandize you for.
Not true. Class C arrests do appear in criminal background checks. 3 convictions for PI becomes a Class B Misdemeanor. The only way to know that someone has 3 convictions for PI, is to check their criminal history and it will be right there. Both the arrest and conviction or other court disposition.
01-07-2010, 01:33 PM
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I can ask you questions about a crime all day long without Miranda, but the moment I tell you, "You are under arrest." or place you in handcuffs, I am then required to read Miranda Warnings to you before asking further questions in regards to the crime you are under arrest for. If I fail to do so, your incriminating statements will be inadmissable.
01-07-2010, 01:42 PM
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I'm beginning to think since I said no contest, that I can't "fight" it...
I saw this on a lawyers website though...
"To prove you guilty of public intoxication, a prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were intoxicated to the degree that you were a danger to yourself or to another. "
I saw this on a lawyers website though...
"To prove you guilty of public intoxication, a prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were intoxicated to the degree that you were a danger to yourself or to another. "
