that to him, and I just state for the record
his mom, as always, is present court.

THE COURT: You want to say
anything?

THE DEFENDANT: Yes. I want to say
a few words.

THE COURT: Okay.

THE DEFENDANT: First of all, I
wanted to ask for forgiveness of the things
that are happening. I'm not the type of
person that does bad things. And, first of
all, the signature that was in the statement,
I didn't know what I was signing because I had
never been in jail before. I did not know
that I was just taking the case all on to my
myself. I have been in this country for a
long time and I don't want to spend a lot of
time in prison. .I would like to continue
studying and to be near my family. I don't
want to pay for things I didn't do. That's
it.

THE COURT: Well, if that's the
case, then under oath when you swore that you

did this, then you lied, and that's perjury.