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PLANO PROBATION VIOLATION ATTORNEY
Plano Texas, McKinney, Allen, Frisco,
Collin County, Denton, and Dallas
Aggressive, Trial Experienced,
Former Prosecutor
Probation
Violations
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Community Supervision (probation)
is a double-edged punishment –
1) a defendant can avoid confinement in either
county jail or prison, but 2)
if the same defendant violates one of the
many terms and conditions of community supervision, the
State may seek to impose the confinement once avoided. A
violation does not have to be a new criminal offense; violations
could include “technical” violations.
Although a defendant on community supervision may have pled
to the original criminal offense, they still have substantial
rights in a revocation action. This is because of the risk
of a loss of liberty. The State’s Motion to Revoke seeks
only one outcome at the time of filing – to lock up the
probationer. Regardless of the ultimate outcome of a revocation
hearing, a probationer will almost certainly spend some
time in jail due to an arrest warrant in connection with
the State’s Motion to Revoke or Petition to Adjudicate.
Probation Revocations are serious threats to a probationer’s
liberty. First, if the probationer received “Deferred Adjudication”
community supervision, the probationer is exposed to the
full-range of punishment of the original criminal offense.
This is in contrast to a “straight” community supervision
revocation, which is limited to the original plea bargain.
Furthermore,
a revoked “deferred adjudication” community supervision
results in a final conviction, even if
the probationer avoids confinement. Second, a probationer
does not receive “good time” for
the period of a successful probation. Suppose a criminal
defendant pled a DWI
to 1 year community supervision, successfully completed
11 months of that probation period, and
then had a violation in the 12th month. The State’s Motion
to Revoke would only allege the violation, and seek imposition
of the original sentence.
It is because of these circumstances and mitigating factors
that a probationer would benefit
from an experienced attorney representing them in Probation
Revocation actions.
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