Carter Lee

And my public defender brings me out in the hallway and she's like, Carter,

can I show you something?

I'm like, yeah, what's up?

She's like, come here.

And she shows me her phone and it's a video of me and him smashing it.

And like, it's totally me and him, right?

Like it's us.

Right.

And I'm like, sorry, like, you know, I wish I could help you, but that's, it's not me.

She's like, well, this will take a long time and you're probably going to get in more trouble now.

I'm like, yeah, well, you know, I'm not gonna, you know, plead guilty or something that I didn't do.

Right.

me and my co-defendant weren't going to plead guilty unless we were on the same board with it, you know?

Right.

So either way, I ended up going into the courtroom.

It's my first time in a courtroom and I'm meeting with judge Wade.

He was the first black judge in Bucks County.

Very, you know, very nice guy, but he's serious too.

And he's fair.

But, you know, I'm going into court and I'm like, I'm like sitting at the, you know, it's me and my public defender at one table, the district attorney across the court,