He'll almost certainly be slapped with a restraining order and banned from being within 500 feet (or more) of his mother unless there is someone to supervise. He won't be able to live with her. He won't be able to use any of her assets (financially), and he won't be able to step foot on any of her properties. That includes 14 Branchland.
Only if Barb wishes it, or if Barb is assigned a guardian who wishes it.
If Barb is still ruled her own person, she would have to be the one to force Chris to stay away. Think of all the domestic violence cases where the offender comes back to live in the home.
The jail can't release Chris unless he has a place to stay and it's can't be just some random persons couch. It has to be a stable(ish) place. They care because people that are homeless or have no where to go are at much higher chance to reoffend through desperation alone. So he needs a place to stay and he needs to articulate the plan to the courts. The Judge will specifically ask him about that and he has to answer on his own.
He doesn't need to articulate the plan. Since they've almost certainly determined that Chris is mentally ill, the jail is legally required to come up with a plan *for* Chris. Chris does not need to create the plan for himself.
So, him now saying he didn't fuck Barb could be a problem. When you plead guilty to something, you have to admit that you did it. The Judge usually asks "why do you want to plead guilty?" and if the defendant says "I'm only pleading guilty so I can be released. I didn't actually do it", the Judge will not accept the plea and a trial date will be scheduled. Chris has to admit to what he did. And who the fuck is he trying to fool? We all know he did.
There are two other kinds of pleas beyond guilty and not guilty. There is the no contest plea (nolo contendere), where you don't admit guilt, but admit that you will not win the case. There is also the Alford plea where you actively assert your innocence, but still admit that you will not win the case.
An example of a recent no contest agreement is the Ethan Ralph dissemination of images case. Ethan made a nolo plea as part of his deal.
Chris himself made an Alford plea in the Snyder case.
emable degenerate.
I can sort of get on board with the idea that had the manager not confronted Chris, it wouldn't have happened, but at the same time I definitely feel like Chris intentionally forced the confrontation knowing full well he was still banned from that store. His mannerisms right before he sprays the guy are clearly of a child making sure the coast is clear before doing something they know very well not to do.
I think the pepper spray was part of Chris trying to have some agency in his life. It made him feel like he still had some power.
Chris is extremely distressed by being banned from what he sees as public places. He'd be okay with being banned from someone's house. The thing is, Chris sees businesses as places where everyone is let in, a right to the citizenry just as much as being able to walk on a public sidewalk.
He doesn't understand that, while there are some reasons you are not allowed to ban someone, the default state is that because it is a private business, the owner has the right to choose not to do business with anyone.
When businesses get away with it, he understands it as a miscarriage of justice. The business owner is doing something illegal, and the local police are just corrupt and ignoring his constitutional right to be in Gamestop. After all, everyone else is allowed in, it's the right of the public to be in Gamestop!
You'd be just as angry as Chris is if your town banned you from being in any truly public area. Chris just does not understand the concept of private property where the public is allowed in.
And to be fair, there is a *slight* truth to how Chris feels, and the government has agreed sometimes. For instance, it's been ruled that a company town cannot ban its citizens from its parks, town square, etc. even though it's private property, because it still effectively functions as public commons.
This is a current hotly debated topic on internet services, where private companies like Twitter have effectively become the commons for discourse.
I mean, sooner or later, he has to accept the fact that he is architect of his own suffering and demise. You'd think he'd have had that epiphany in jail since there's not a whole lot to do other than reflect upon your life and how you arrived at that destination. It's kind of the perfect opportunity to face the things you've done and what led you to it. But, Christ being Chris, he just has to deny the stark reality even when it's beating him in the fucking face.
He won't do that until he is forced to face it to make the pain stop. Unfortunately it's not legal to do what needs to be done. Getting sent to jail is not enough, because it's something Chris can tolerate while indignantly decrying his persecution. He has to suffer greater consequences where he faces unbearable pain unless he accepts his personal responsibility.
If he were in Singapore he would be caned. That might work.
