Hello friends.
It has come time to reveal my power level in relation to this specifically.
I am a prosecutor. I will not say where but I have prosecuted 1> Lolcow that has a thread on this forum.
I want to clarify a few things about what happened today.
1. Bond
The bond is set at $50,000, he can pay a bondsman 5k and be out. What he cannot do is Drink or do drugs or possess firearms. Those are all terms of bond. Even if he pays 50k he will not be able to do that. The terms of him being out of custody for the duration of the case are as the judge stated terms of bond.
2. Sentencing
What the judge did today was read off the potential maximum sentences for each charge. That does not mean he will actually do those, probably far less given lack of criminal history and a plea bargain.
I don't know what that looks like, I am not familiar with Minnesota law and what their plea bargains to similar offenses look like, but I would be expecting a long period of being on Probation or possibly some jail time.
3. Proceeding Pro Se.
I don't know how it works in that JX, it may be that initial arraignments, even in custody do not have a public defender assigned. In my jx you get a PD on first hearing if you're in custody pretty much no matter what.
If Nick waived that, he's an idiot, he's barely a lawyer and more importantly he is not an expert in criminal defense. Him thinking he can represent the other two is outright retarded.
Ok bye.