After I’d been in jail for about five months, my court-appointed public defender in Raleigh, John Dusenbury, recommended that I agree to what is known as a "Rule 20." This meant that I would plead guilty to a single count of possessing the mobile phone number and electronic serial number pairs that I used for cloning my cell phone in exchange for a recommended sentence of eight months, though I might still be facing up to twenty years if the judge decided not to go along with the prosecutor’s recommendation. Judge Terrence Boyle approved the deal, though. Even better: my case was now transferred to Los Angeles for sentencing and to resolve the pending violation of supervised release, which meant I would be transferred, as well.