update.
so today i go to the 54-A district court to pay my first two tickets (exp license and no insurance) with all the evidence to show i took care of it, if they even need to see it. the clerk pulls my file and there’s a big pink slip of paper on top with many words on it. two of the biggest words are “BENCH WARRANT”.
huh?
so, she says i missed a court appearance yesterday. i am very confused about this, as it says nothing of a court appearance on any of my tickets. she looks at them and says “huh. well, you can’t leave. if you walk out the door, we have to arrest you.” i was given a paper to sign with my miranda rights on it, then i was told to sit and wait. an hour goes by before she tells me to enter the courtroom. i look like shit. unshaved, wrinkled clothes, a tigers cap. feeling a bit nervous at this point. the judge asks me how i plead. guilty, i say. he asks if i understand that by pleading guilty, i lose all my rights. yes, i say. i just want to take care of it. he asks me if i understand i could face 90 days confinement. yes, i say. $450 in ticket costs and yet another $1000 driver responsibility fee (that makes three!) later, i’m free to go.
i’m not sure what i believe as far as a “friend in the sky” goes, but if there is such a friend, i think he’s mad at me or something.