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OK, I need to get some advice from some people who are in the system and who might have gone through this as a parent.
Without giving to much information, my son was involved in a fight at school last week. Yesterday he was given a ticket. It is a class C misdemeanor. I have been told by the school that 'it is minor, and if he pleads guilty the judge will be lienent'...
But I do not want to have my son plead guilty to a crime. He is not yet a citizen and I do not want to have to disclose him being convicted of a crime. He said he did not throw the first punch, but I do not know if that matters. They have video of the fight from the school and from a kid who videoed it... I can not see the videos unless we go to court.
The other kid has admitted he had bulled my son during the year, but my son never told anybody... my son had been told that the boy was talking bad about him and he confronted him earlier in the day and pushed him... I can see where people could see where this was the start of the incident.
So, should I hire a lawyer
Should I talk to the prosecutor and see if we can get a deal cut where he does not have to plead guilty but we pay the fine and he does his community service
Is there anything else that I can do that I am not thinking of
At this time, all we have is the ticket. I was told we will get something in the mail this summer when a court date is set.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to defend what my kid did. I just do not think it should have been elevated to a crime. He has never been in trouble and is a straight A student in the advanced classes. This is not like him at all.
Without giving to much information, my son was involved in a fight at school last week. Yesterday he was given a ticket. It is a class C misdemeanor. I have been told by the school that 'it is minor, and if he pleads guilty the judge will be lienent'...
But I do not want to have my son plead guilty to a crime. He is not yet a citizen and I do not want to have to disclose him being convicted of a crime. He said he did not throw the first punch, but I do not know if that matters. They have video of the fight from the school and from a kid who videoed it... I can not see the videos unless we go to court.
The other kid has admitted he had bulled my son during the year, but my son never told anybody... my son had been told that the boy was talking bad about him and he confronted him earlier in the day and pushed him... I can see where people could see where this was the start of the incident.
So, should I hire a lawyer
Should I talk to the prosecutor and see if we can get a deal cut where he does not have to plead guilty but we pay the fine and he does his community service
Is there anything else that I can do that I am not thinking of
At this time, all we have is the ticket. I was told we will get something in the mail this summer when a court date is set.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to defend what my kid did. I just do not think it should have been elevated to a crime. He has never been in trouble and is a straight A student in the advanced classes. This is not like him at all.