:03:00
Mr. LaPlante, they found you guilty.
:03:03
Guilty? What do you mean?
:03:04
The jury found you guilty.
:03:06
I'm innocent, for chrissake!
:03:09
Mr. LaPlante, I've been persuaded,
in view of your continued employment...
:03:13
...and your lack of priors...
:03:15
...to continue your bail
under the same conditions...
:03:18
...pending sentencing six days from now.
:03:22
In the meantime, make an appointment
with a probation officer...
:03:25
...who will make a recommendation to me
regarding your sentence.
:03:29
I urge you...
:03:31
...to use those six days to get
your personal affairs in order...
:03:36
...in anticipation of incarceration.
:03:41
In anticipation of incarceration.
:03:46
"In anticipation of incarceration. "
:03:48
He means prison, Mr. LaPlante.
:03:50
I know what he means. I'm not
a prison kind of guy, Miss O'Day.
:03:54
You're not doing your job. Last time
my lawyer got the charges dismissed.
:03:58
That's why the district attorney
is so hard-nosed this time.
:04:01
- An appeal?
- We don't have the grounds.
:04:03
What we have to do is focus
on the probation officer's report.
:04:07
He gives a good report and I walk?
:04:09
I think a suspended sentence
is unlikely. Now...
:04:13
You still have your job, right?
:04:16
I've been calling in sick.
:04:18
And a son by your ex-wife, Joseph?
:04:20
A son? Yeah.
What about him? Joey.
:04:22
Are you involved in his upbringing?
:04:24
Involved?
She attached my paycheck, child support.
:04:27
Why do you think I got a court-appointed
lawyer instead of an experienced one?
:04:31
I understand.
How often do you see your son?
:04:34
The kid? I don't know.
:04:36
On his birthday. When was that?
May, I think.
:04:39
She don't like for me to see him.
Thinks I'm a bad influence.
:04:41
I think you should see your son.
:04:44
Try to get your boss to write a note
about your performance on the job.
:04:48
Create the impression of a decent
citizen with familial responsibilities...
:04:53
...who happened to slip up once.
:04:56
And I know that you're having
financial difficulties, Mr. LaPlante...