Posted by Kris on 9/28/12

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My 19 year old son was invited to a party over the summer;
the party took place in an apartment; he was at the party
for about twenty minutes when the police raided the place.
Marijuana was found on the floor, but not on him. No one
claimed responsibility for the party, and no one claimed to
be the tenant residing in the apartment, so the police
hauled a group of kids down to the police station and
charged them with trespassing. Some were held because there
were background checks performed and my son's record showed
that he is currently on probation. The reason he was on
probation was because he was involved in an attempted
robbery a few years ago. He has served about a years time
of the five year probation. Due to good behavior, he was
now going to probation once a month where he is required to
check in by hand scan. He has also completed CASES, which
is a program that would help to allow him to have his
records sealed after his term of probation was over;
because at the time of that incident, my son was seventeen
years of age he was an eligible candidate for such a
program. My son has managed to go on to graduating from
high school through the stress of monthly court
appearances, and mandatory programs [not looking for
sympathy here, believe me]; he was working over the summer
and is now currently seeking new employment and he has
managed to enroll himself into Community College and is
currently in his second semester. He is trying.
Unfortunately he made a bad decision in going to this party
over the summer. But how was he to know that something like
this would happen? Today, in Court- his attorney, explained
to my son and the Judge that he was seeking an ACD for my
son. The other kids who were arrested at the party received
ACD's - but I guess they weren't considering giving my son
an ACD do to his prior record and his current probation
status- so my son's attorney (jumped the gun a little- and
didn't wait for any other offers to be thrown on the table,
by the DA) and he said that we were set to go to trial-
What will this mean for my son's case?

-WORRIED MOTHER, FROM THE BRONX NY

Worried - upcoming trial my son is faces for tresspassing, 9/28/12, by Kris.

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