In January 2022, client was talked into stealing a trailer by the co-defendant using the client’s truck. They hooked up the trailer around the time that the police showed up and they fled from law enforcement, only to have the transmission blow. They bailed out of the truck into the water before eventually surrendering a few hours later and confessing.
Client charged with grand theft motor vehicle (it’s a trailer, so mis-charged), flee/elude, resisting officer without violence. Scored 20 months prison and, as client violated release with a new driving charge and was being held in jail when attorney hired. Bond motion by attorney was denied due to prior prison sentence of client. Attorney negotiated a probation sentence and got client out of jail within 14 days of being hired, despite scoring 20 months prison, confession, and pending pending new-law charge in Orange county.

Pled to lesser grand theft 3rd degree, flee;/elude, resisting without violence. ag + 36 months probation, testify truthfully if called as witness, vital life skills class, anti-theft class, 80 hours alternative community service (may buy out 20 hours by court order), $1,220.80 cost of investigation, court costs, 1 year DL suspension.