One good thing about 7 Am Court is that some days, I can feel like I have done something good for the world by 7:30.
Today is one of those days.
Had a client accused of giving a false name to police. She gave her Aunt's address, where she was living, rather than her mother's address where she used to live. She explained to the officer when he questioned her why she was living at her aunt's. But nooooo, he had to write her a damn citation. This is a class A misdemeanor, the highest we have. We're talking 6 months in jail, 1,000 fine and a record that includes a crime that could be considered a crime of "moral turpitude" and thus limit her ability to get a lot of jobs....
But I got it thrown out after showing the prosecutor lots of mail and explaining the situation to him. Now, if the rest of the day will go like this I'll be a very happy camper : )
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