federal probation violation?
i just did 4 and half years on federal probation and my p.o is trying to violate me with 1 hours of daylight left.. will i go to jail i should be bad but they kept me on probation for 3 extra weeks until i see the judge monday.. then i spent 8 days in send down on the liscense thing and missed a drug class during that time, but she says i should have call from jail.. which i can't see that as a violation, then i missed my subsequent drug class because i was detained by law enforcement who notified her and my drug class that i be detained so i can't see me violating that my violation was driving on suspended liscense minus knowledge which i have an attorney and i will beat it but not til august 10th... later my p.o listed 4 other violations... she says i haven't worked contained by 2 months, which is false i am a tattoo artist and been working alone and have pics and accounting for taxes that i have done over 100 tattoo's the ending 2 months along with client records then she have another violation that i had a dirty urine for marijuana, which is my fault i smoked knowing i have no more drug tests and thought i would never violate with only couple days gone and finally she said i didn't contact her within 72 hrs of contact with law enforcement but i told them smaller quantity than 48hrs after being released from jail and she said i should have have someone contact her while i was in jail
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If your probation be already extended, and these alleged violations happened during the extension, your lawyer can argue against the punishments, part of a set of this is that it looks like several of the issues are pending an outcome. Several people assert that probation officer decide what is a violation and what is not, but that is not true, they are something of a cross between prosecutor, cop and conciliator, but in the federal system a judge decides and must at lowest hear what your attorney has to say. It also appears that you can prove to the judge that the probation officer is lying almost several points, like the employment and contact issues. While you may not be able to defeat every point of effect for the probation violation, you may go to jail knowing that you own proven the probation officer to be a liar and ended her career if you can go and get civil perjury charges to stick (a followup lawsuit would be mandatory). The other thing would be that once you are out of jail on whatever the current defiance would be, you would have little or no "paper". That alone might make being sent to the in the middle house instead of a prison more likely. There have been too copious incidents of inmates sent to prison on violations, finishing their time in the hole and then person released direct to the street with something going very wrong for the feds to go that route highly often (although they still do it). Public defenders are often amazingly hesitant to make an issue with a probation officer who lies, but you might go and get better action finding a lawyer who does not need to allege an ongoing working relationship with them.
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Wow, my god that is horrible. It sounds almost vindictive on the part of the PO. The key word is they're "trying". Are you right in a minute off probation, and not behind bars? If so you should be alright. If you here from the PO or the courts again, telephone call your lawyer, right away. Heck, I'm paranoid, and have money, I'd call the attorney now... Devlin Edit: Ouch man, just read the added info. For whatever intention, they're gunning for you. Just be glad you don't have an additional new criminal charge, and adjectives they're hitting you with are violations. It sounds like you own a good lawyer, and while I don't think you'll travel to jail(if you do it'll be a maximum of 180 days), you might get added probation. Let him do what you pay him to do, and just hang about it out. I know how bad waiting for court is, especially when you don't know what's going to happen. You'll be alright man, trust me, I spent YEARS locked up for a double vehicular homicide(non-DUI) and I paid like mad of attention to what people were in at hand for, did they have priors, was it a probation violation, etc. You revise the law pretty fast in in attendance. Not much else to do. Like I said, thank god they're just violations, and not a violation due to a foreign charge. That equals jail, plus more paper, every time. Sounds like you in recent times might get more paper. Which sucks, but it's better than jail.
