I asked my mother in law who works for the DA in Lake Charles, and mt next door neighbor who is an attorney. They both said the same thing. If you cannot get someone at the DA's office to talk to you. You should contact a criminal attorney. Some do not chare for the first consultation. Explain to them the situation they will let you know the minimum and maximum you could be looking at and advise you from there. If it is severe enough and you choose for them to represent you, on your court date they will be there and will have touched base with the ADA before your appearance and will tell you everything the State will seek and what they will agree to if you plea one way or the other. It is normally better to allow them to make the best deal possible for you and plea guilty. They can better advise you on which way to proceed and how it will affect your record. If you walk in blind you will have no options once the judge has ruled if you plea guilty.
If it were me I would want to know for certain what I am facing from the State before I entered any type of plea deal. They could pull your hunting and fishing rights, community service, hefty fines, probation, the list could go on so I would definitely want to know all of my options and an attorney is your best option for finding that out. That was both of their advice.
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