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What Violating Your Probation Can Do to You

Criminal Defense Blog 2016 April What Violating Your Probation Can Do to You
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What Violating Your Probation Can Do to You

Posted By South Shore Criminal Defense || 8-Apr-2016

If you are currently “out on probation” as many people call it, you should, first of all, be proud of yourself: probation allows convicted offenders to live their daily lives outside of jail and is only granted to people who can make a positive impact on society and others. Secondly, you need to do all you can to follow the terms and regulations of your probation as closely as possible. If probation is violated, inadvertently or intentionally, it can constitute a criminal act of its own and carry high fines and incarceration.

What Are Typical Probation Guidelines?

The whole idea of probation is that you do not have to stay in jail or prison, but you do need to check in with a probation officer at regular intervals. This person will be tasked with making certain that you are adhering to all the rules. If you are not, they have to report back to headquarters and you will be in for some trouble.

Actions that can be considered in direction violation of most probations include:

1. Missing probation officer meetings

2. Lying to your probation officer

3. Refusing to participate in court-ordered rehabilitation programs

4. Getting arrested for any reason

5. Leaving the state of your probation without express permission

6. Possessing or using illicit substances

7. Carrying or discharging a firearm, even on firing ranges

With all the ways it may be possible for you to violate probation, it can understandably feel as if you are constantly under the government’s supervision. In some ways, you are, but it is important to remember that you wouldn’t have been given the option of probation in the first place if the court didn’t think you could complete it.

If you are convicted of violating your parole, penalties could include:

· Extension of original probation term

· Entire removal of probation (returned to jail if sentence incomplete)

· Addition jail time, if sentence has been completed

· House arrest or electronic monitoring device (anklet)

You should also remember that probation violations are not automatic and exempt from the criminal justice system. You will have a chance to defend yourself before a judge and either prove that you did not violate your violation should not be punished. For help with such a delicate matter, you can contact our Brockton criminal defense attorneys at South Shore Criminal Defense for a free case evaluation today.

Categories: Criminal Defense, Probation Violation

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