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Lindsay Lohan Released With Stern Warning

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Feb 09, 2011 at 05:47:23 PM EST
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Lindsay Lohan was charged today with felony theft and violating her 2007 DUI probation. She appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. (Background here.) She was released after being booked and posting bond, $20,000.00 for each charge. The judge gave her a stern warning -- if she gets arrested while on bond, he will keep her locked up.

You're in a different situation now that a felony has been filed against you...If you violate the law, I will remand you and set no bail...A felony is a different situation and you're not entitled to bail.

The judge indicated plea negotiations would be taking place before the next hearing. TMZ's video of the judge speaking to Lindsay is here. Here's what she wore to court.

I doubt she'll end up with either a felony on her record or significant jail time. Her biggest problem may be avoiding new allegations while these charges are pending. She seems to be a magnet for them. [More...]

Update: TMZ is reporting Lindsay's lawyer, Shawn Chapman, told the DA last week that Lindsay would be willing to take a lie detector test. I doubt that's the whole story. Shawn Chapman is a terrific lawyer. She would only bring up a lie detector if Lindsay had already passed one given by her own expert polygrapher. The results aren't admissible in evidence, so it only would have been offered to dissuade the DA from filing charges. Cal Evid Code § 351.1:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the results of a polygraph examination, the opinion of a polygraph examiner, or any reference to an offer to take, failure to take, or taking of a polygraph examination, shall not be admitted into evidence in any criminal proceeding, including pretrial and post conviction motions and hearings, or in any trial or hearing of a juvenile for a criminal offense, whether heard in juvenile or adult court, unless all parties stipulate to the admission of such results.

It may be that Shawn presented the DA with the results of a polygraph Lindsay had already passed and the DA wasn't dissuaded. Or, knowing Lindsay