Will I Get Jail Time If I Have A Clean Record?

[JoeyBingoBoyz]

What is the name of your state? California
I was woundering if anyone could please try to help me! I was arrested for trying to pass a fake check at Wal-Mart. When the police came I was very very cooperative with them because I knew that this was going to happen eventually because I was breaking the law, but being cooperative didn't seem to matter to them at all cause they still told me that "they didn't give a F*** about me! Thay also asked me if I had ever been arrested before and I told them No! At the time of my arrest I also had some additional blank checks and three fake ID's which were all in the same name. When the detective came he read me my rights and asked if I understood and I said kind of but not really, the reason I said this was because I didn't know if I should just cooperate interely with them and answer their questions or if I should just sit there and not say a word to them. I felt that if I didn't talk with them that they were going to be more mean to me than they already were being. So I asked if I could have a lawyer present here with me now and he said NO not until Monday. I thought that if I talked to them and was truthful with them that hopefully they wouldn't keep me all weekend and would let me call my husband. So I did end up talking to him a little bit and one thing he asked me was "did you try using any checks anywhere else" and I told him yes a couple other places. I know now that I should have just kept my mouth shut but it's to late now! Previous to this I had never been arrested or charged with anything. So my question is, Am I going to jail? And for about how long? If I am given jail time am I able to serve my time on house arrest or serve my time on weekends only? The reason I ask this is because I take care of the dad who is completly disabled. Thank You for your time

 

[seniorjudge]

Give us the statute numbers you were charged under.


I was arrested for trying to pass a fake check at Wal-Mart....At the time of my arrest I also had some additional blank checks and three fake ID's which were all in the same name....So I did end up talking to him a little bit and one thing he asked me was "did you try using any checks anywhere else" and I told him yes a couple other places....

The above is your statement of facts deleting all the irrelevant stuff.


Q: So my question is, Am I going to jail?

A: I don't know; but you should be taken off the streets.


Q: And for about how long?

A: See answer to first question.


Q: If I am given jail time am I able to serve my time on house arrest or serve my time on weekends only? The reason I ask this is because I take care of the dad who is completly disabled.

A: You apparently do not care very much for your dad or you would've stayed out of trouble.

 

[CdwJava]

For multiple felonies like these you will probably do at least county time with a long probation term. Not to mention a rather hefty fine, restitution and and fees payment.

You don't seem to understand that you committed multiple felonies here! Even an attempt can be a felony! You cannot expect to get a slap on the wrist here. What you did was not an accident and you committed these crimes with your eyes wide open. The court is not going to have a lot of sympathy here.

- Carl