['I  had no income to pay my bond.  So I accepted the plea bargain just to get out of county jail sooner than later']
That's a wild occurrence. Jail can be harsh on anyone.
I had accepted a pleas bargain for a criminal charge and the person whom it related to had wrot e aletter tothe judge explaininig it was all a misunderstanding.  However since she never notorized it, the letter was never accepted byt the courts.