honestly coming with papers and a haircut and suite doesn't really matter in city court just be respectful but shit, dont hurt i guess

if they dont have very solid evidence, it shouldnt be TOO hard to get them to throw the case out....

Thats so fucked up... i hope you dont get fucked but if u do can i have your stereo?

OK I actually would wear a suit, cut your hair and be respectful. Where the fuck is your dad. Have him help you out. Get a lawyer, and if you have a good deal, like not having a felony. Take it and dont go to court. I imagine your up for a pretrial. Tell the judge how well your doing in your life and where you are going. Juvy is for correcting youth and your doing well. Show them your doing well, involve yourself in a sport so they cannot just say well with all his free time, we should throw him in jail. Seriously just do helpful things to fill up your time and present it in court. Thats what I did when I was charged with assault and it got dropped down to disorderly conduct. Just look like a good kid that had a simple fight with his crazy ass mom.

And since this is your first time, they will go easy on you. Like I said juvy is for correcting the youth not punishing them. But your gonna get drug tested the entire time your on probation so say goodbye to the bud. Goodluck man let us know how it turns out, you should be fine.

yeah, shits kinda fucked up with this. my dad is right behind me with this. he knows how insane my mom is. he was married to her. i havent talked to my lawyer yet because i got the letter on friday, and that was good friday, then yesterday was saturday, and todays easter sunday. so mondays the choice. do you think they will test me in my pretrial hearing? or shortly after?

(DISREGARD)GET A LAWYER
i can't stress how much a good criminal attorney can get you out of ANYTHING.(DISREGARD)

My lawyer got me out of

Poss. of LSD
Poss. of Marijuana
Poss. of Cocaine
Intent to distribute.
and assault on a police officer(a BS charge)

I got off with Probation(1 year)
then got wiped off my record.

And pretrial kicks ass
and i never got tested at pretrial if thats what your talking bout

dude that kicks ass i bet my lil brother wishes his lawyer was that good hes been on prob for like 2 years lol for arson and he didnt light shit and he tryed to put it out he was charged with mischeif or wut ever it is lol

i dunno how it works in the states but here if they dont charge you within
6 months of the incident they cant at all. so id look into that on the whole
possession deal.
and id say definitely get a lawyer, mine kept me out of
a 5 year jail sentence with only a year of prob.
cut your hair, or at least do you hair, wear a nice shirt, you dont need to go
as far as wearing a full suit but a nice shirt and hair should do it.
be respectful and honest and have your lawyer suggest alternatives to jail.
which would be probation. tell the situation to the judge and dont look at your
feet or something, dont fiddle with shit, just look at him semi-innocently (so
he doesnt think your trying to puppy-dog-eye your way out of it) and stand
up straight.

if that doesnt work then bring a knife with you too and if he gives you time
just jump up and stab him. itll add time but fuck it right? whats another 23
years on top of 2 right?

EDIT:
also, tell him the story from the beginning to end, including the reason for the
fight, your part in it, and everything up until the cops let you go.
tell them whatever the cops said to you.
the shitty thing is that the word of a cop will usually overpower that of
possibly anywhere from 1-7 or so civilians. which sucks.
if you cant afford a lawyer apply for legal aid, if its available there.
and if not get your dad to represent you.
also make sure your dad backs you up in court, not just by standing there with
you but also by saying something to the court about you and what he thinks
and all that. only if he supports you though. which you said he does so thats good.