You can order a copy of your criminal record from the State Police web site (it's a $10-$15 credit card charge). Go to www.michigan.gov/msp and look for the ICHAT link, and follow its directions. It will give you Michigan convictions that were reported to MSP (usually misdemeanors that are 93-day or 1-yr max-types, and all felonies ... not 90-day misdemeanors, not civil infractions like careless driving).

You can also order your driving record from the Secretary of State's office. Go to a local office ... or check out the info on the SOS web site to order it (http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1627_14648-107635--,00.html).

These should give you all the background info that your attorney would need. (He/she can see what's in the prosecutor's file at the pre-trial conference, but it is never a bad idea to get your own copy ahead of time.)

You are too old for Holmes Youthful Trainee Act status. With a prior misdemeanor conviction, if you get convicted on this charge, you cannot expunge (set aside) either conviction under current Michigan law, which is "your one and only conviction" status, but there's a bill under consideration to relax that strict rule). So, your best bet to avoid a conviction is to see if the court or Wayne Co PA office has a diversion program. The fact that you have a very minimal record so far and have paid the cvil fine, and that what you took was not valuable all work in your favor. But you have no "right" to diversion, and some counties / offices don't have these programs set up so it's hit an miss around the state.