He doesn't just have to sign the paper, because even a tard like him could do that and pretend he had his fingers behind his back. He also has to admit in front of the judge that he did it and is guilty unless he gets some kind of Alford bullshit, which would still leave him convicted.
The court needs to carefully check to make sure he's not holding Optimus Prime when he makes his guilty plea.
You know damn well he'll refuse a deal. Not just out of stubborn pride and the delusional belief that he's guiltless, but also because any deal will most likely include an epo barring him from going anywhere near barb and or branchland crt.
EPO == Emergency Protective Order. It's just that, for emergencies. It can only be issued in 3 day increments (with automatic extensions for specific reasons, which is how Chris' first EPO lasted for 6 days)
An EPO is the only kind of order they can issue unilaterally. A Preliminary Protective Order lasts for 2 weeks, but that must be requested by a petitioner (i.e. Barb), and then the petitioner proceeds with requesting a permanent protective order.
It can't happen without Barb's consent.
Then of course there's the possibility said deal will also most likely include an agreement to stay at a halfway or tard home. Despite being the poster child for why we should go back to sterilizing the mentally ill, Chris believes he's above staying with other "slow in the minds." despite being the slowest of slow in the minds he legit beloved himself to be better than them and deserving better than them.
OK I need to explain this again. That kind of deal can't happen without a felony conviction. When you accept restrictions as part of a plea deal, it's in lieu of the full sentence you would have received. Chris will have already served the maximum jail time for a misdemeanor, leaving only the fine aspect (up to $2,500) as an outstanding penalty that could be applied.
Any other restrictions he could have would only come from statute, rather than a plea deal. For instance if Barb requested a protective order, or if Chris became a registered sex offender.
Realistically, the ONLY reason for Chris to cut a plea deal at this point is to prevent new charges, either felony charges, or enhancements to the existing charge that would put him on the SOR. In J&DR, Chris cannot plead guilty in a deal with any such enhancement because its application would be automatic, regardless of any plea deal.
The only way, within the confines of J&DR, that they could truly pressure Chris would be to grant him deferred disposition on a charge that put him on the SOR. Then, upon the completion of the probation period, he would have the charges dropped and essentially be guilty of nothing. The SOR is the only threat they can wield.
That's why I think they must still be keeping the threat of a felony in play, and they just want the case to end. Chris won't get any restrictions, but they won't have to take him to trial.
If Chris doesn't play ball, they can take him to Circuit Court, hit him with a felony, and then they can cut him a deal with all sorts of restrictions to keep him from going to prison for years.
EDIT: Which is why I think Chris fucked up some plea deal at the 6 month mark. He seemed pretty certain he was going to get one. I don't think he would be quite that confident without Heilberg telling him a deal was incoming. My best guess on what happened is that he was given conditions to follow in exchange for having his sentence being 1 year, with 6 months time served plus 6 months suspended. He probably didn't like one of the conditions and chimped out instead of pleading guilty. Instead they accepted the incompetence evaluation and sent him to the hospital.
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