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Get a lawyer, try to get it tossed. There are a lot of ways that even a 'sealed record' can get in the way of certain career paths. $1400 will seem cheap at that point. And FWIW, every axe-murdering crack dealer has family who will swear that they are just the nicest and most upstanding citizen; you being there for him in court wont prove anything, and can sometimes work against him - they like to see kids take personal responsibility. Friend of mine recently had their son get into trouble, and made him deal w/ it on his own (they had told him that if he kept doing stupid shit, he was on his own). Judge actually gave him a shockingly light consequence, and specifically noted that he was impressed that the kid was there on his own, not just with his parents prodding him. The kiss of death is acting at all like this is no big deal in front of the judge; I'd forget about that 'it was only two weeks away' line.
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