Defendant: Your Honor. I just want to say that what I did I know was wrong, but I didn’t know the extent to the sentence and stuff.
Judge: You didn’t know what?
Defendant: I didn’t know that I could get involved like this. I thought it was a misdemeanor or something like that, and if I got caught they would just suspend my food stamps for a while and I would go back. I didn’t understand the law. That’s the reason why I have always lived according to the law, but I made a mistake and I’m sorry.
Judge: In other words, you would commit the crime if it was a misdemeanor but not if it’s a felony, is that right?
Defendant: Not if it’s a felony.
