Escambia County Jail

Pre-sentencing

Interview with mitchell


JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
mitchell: It was very interesting and to this day do not understand. Two investigators came to my mother's house asking had she seen me and she said not today and asked was I in trouble. They said no just have her give us a call and gave her there personal cell number. So the next day I called and he asked why I haven't been to work that my boss was worried about me I told him to cut the act I do not have a job so he asked me did i know anything bout opium n i said that is what this is bout he asked could we meet somewhere n go for a drive n talk i said the only place you need to talk to me would be at the station so i went there n he put me in his car in front of intake n asked me was there some things i needed o tell him i said no the only hing i knew about the supposed opium is i found it on top of a gas pump n someone wanted to buy it i had never heard of it n the only thing i ever known of it wasto be n incense which the person who bought it say it getsyouhigh which i didnt get high so was not into it so someone offered me 300.00 for it n of course being 21 n broke i took the money not knowing it was a set up n 6 months later he would be knocking on my moms door which till this day is still weird to me but i ended up being booked after 4 hours of sitting in the tank while they were trying to find out what to charge me with they did not even have a warrant when he took me to the back if i could remember the names i would give them to you but i dont want nemore trouble well i got bailed out after being there forever it felt

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning?
mitchell: yes explained in the above

JM: What was your court appearance like?
mitchell: it was horrible i had a public defender n had to wait forever each time i went the only offer the state was offering me was 2 years in prison of course with only like 10 points i turned it down my pd said they didn't have enough points to send me to prison but i guess point system does not matter cuz while going to court for this charge i commited a crime on ebay n did get 30 months state prison plus 5 years probation having only 18 points i am currently on probation still praying i can get it paid off by oct or get avop which my life is completely different now i have two kids and a husband and we struggle just to get the bills paid but anyway on the opium charge i pled to the judge n he gave me 9 months in county jail