Re: First time petty theft misdeanor in santa clara county

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On 9/02/08, Jill wrote:
> Hi,
> I was just charged with a petty theft misdemeanor at Macys
> for shoplifting $122 worth of items, it was caught on tape
> and I was very cooperative throughout the whole process. I
> did admit to taking it to the police officer after the
> miranda rights [which i'm beginning to think was a bad
idea]
> but would somehow like to have a pretrial diversion or
> ANYTHING so it will not show up on my record. I am really
> sorry for what I did, and really don't want it to
jeopardize
> my future career as I am a good student and had plans for
my
> future which I put in jeopardy for something so stupid.
> From what I know, Santa Clara County does not have a
> pretrial diversion program, but I was wondering if it did
> and if it didn't, would I be able to transfer somewhere
> else? Also, what is the process in trying to get into a
> pretrial diversion program anyway, and will it be very
> difficult for me to do it? I am willing to pay for what I
> did, I just don't want it to affect my future.
>
> I'd really appreciate your help, thanks.