re: Can the OT Legal Minds help me make sense of my court appearance today?

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I didn't punch it, I slapped it

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my question still stands...how is their case flimsy if you already admitted to slapping the vehicle?

The longer this goes the less likely the DA assigned to your case cares about it. But at some point his list of cases will show he has this one out there and then he or she will be ready to make it go away.

Timing is everything.

Option 1- send the DA assigned to your case an email with the Case Info (caption on the legal docs) and Case No in the subject matter.

Nice friendly email- that you would like to find a way to reach a resolution. Don't make any promises. Don't make any suggestions. Just a hey, here I am- I would like to find a resolution. Give him your cell number (I'm assuming he already has that- if he doesn't then just your email address for now) and ask him to call you or email you when its most convenient for him/her and that you look forward to hearing from him/her. Keep it short and simple.

Wait and see what he/she says. If no response after a week- follow up.

Let the DA do the talking or the communication via email- let him suggest something- let him go through his whole dialog. Keep it respectful and always thank him for his time and that you need some time to consider/respond.

Based on his communications you will know if he is level headed and you can work something out or he's out for you arse and you need to hire an attorney.

Do not under any circumstances discuss or put in writing any detail of the "incident." You are only reaching out to him to get him to speak to you. No matter what he may say or write which may cause you to feel like you need to defend yourself or correct him- say nothing.

Don't screw this up.

Option 2 pay for an attorney to call this DA and get it handled for you.

Option 3 play the long game and let him/her keep delaying it. Buys you time to made decisions about option 1 or 2 above.

Bottom line is he really doesn't want to issue subpoenas to all witnesses to try this stupid case.

Edit to include- that any and all communications between you and the DA can and will be used against you in a court of law. So just know the Judge could see all communications.