How likely is it that identity theft charges will be dropped in my case?

Mon, 10 May 2010 04:30:49 +0000

I am 18 years old and have had a perfectly clean criminal record up to date. I was recently arrested for making charges on a credit card that was stolen. I did not know it was stolen at the time of use. My friend gave it to me, telling me it was his mom’s, and I went to pick up some things for him with it. As of now I am being charged with Identity Theft (Felony Class 4) and Unauthorized Use of a Financial Transaction Device. With a good defense attorney, would it be at all possible to get my charges reduced or perhaps even dropped? I just really don’t want to do jail or prison time for a naive mistake.
Well, at the time he told me he got graduation money and his mom was letting him use her card. Thinking I had nothing to worry about I believed him. On a different subject, I didn’t exactly steal the person’s identity. They did not ask me for identification in the store I went to, and I told them it was not my card.

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How likely is it that identity theft charges will be dropped in my case?