The lawyer for a probation violation has the expertise to effectively represent his client and resolve the case satisfactorily.
A probation violation may occur when someone who had a previous conviction in court fails to do something that they promised the judge to do.
A probation violation is also known as failing to comply with a term or condition of a court order.
An experienced criminal defense attorney, David Pflaum can help you with a violation of probation.
Note: For a misdemeanor violation of probation, you may not need to be present in court. The defense attorney can do everything for you.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROBATION TERMS
Misdemeanor probation is designed to hold people who violate the law accountable for their actions and rehabilitate people in an informal manner.
It is called informal probation since the person does not have to report to a probation officer and has no restrictions on travel.
Felony probation is called formal probation because it requires a person to be supervised regularly, includes drug and alcohol testing, searches of your home, and restricts a person’s ability to travel.
TERMS OF PROBATION
Probation is when a judge allows a person provisional freedom on the promise that he or she will demonstrate good behavior.
Probation can include time in county jail, community service, counseling, payment of a fine, attending programs, and remaining law abiding.
THE LAWYER FOR PROBATION VIOLATIONS
A probation violation may occur whenever you ignore, avoid, refuse or otherwise break any of the terms or conditions of your probation.
Probation violations could be:
- Committing another crime while on probation
- Not paying court-ordered fines or victim restitution
- Using a prohibited substance like alcohol or drugs
- Failing to complete a court ordered program, course of therapy, or counseling
- Associating with the wrong people
- Leaving the county without permission
If you violate your probation by committing another crime, then you may be ordered to jail for either the offense for which you are on probation, the new offense, or both.
Sometimes the punishment can be concurrent which means that while you serve time, or are punished, for one offense, you receive credit for the other offense.
HOW WE HELP
Criminal justice lawyer Pflaum knows how to convince a prosecutor and a judge to reinstate probation with no additional penalties and to avoid time in jail.
The attorney helps by meeting with the client to find out what might have gone wrong, gets to know the client, including the client’s background, work, employment, military, family support, and positive aspects of the client to figure out how to help the client.
This can include gathering important documents, letters, certificates, medical records, reference letters, and having witnesses come to court.
The attorney then makes a presentation to the judge and helps the client get reinstated on probation with hopefully no additional time in jail or other penalties.
