Collin County Probation Violation Help
Plano Texas Probation Violations Defense Lawyers
Often, the Plano and Collin County probation defense attorneys at Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C., receive phone calls from citizens who complain about unfair treatment by unreasonable Collin County probation officers. Our attorneys always advise client who are on probation to do their best to get along with their probation officers. However, sometime conflict is unavoidable for whatever reason. Although the best way to prevent your probation from being revoked is to keep the probation officer from filing a motion to revoke in the first place, too often this is not an option. Although judges rely on probation officers’ recommendations in regard to handling probation revocations, just because a motion to revoke is filed does not mean you will end up in jail.
If you are unable to resolve a conflict with your probation officer or a Motion to Revoke your probation has already been filed, contact us to discuss your options and possible defenses to the alleged probation violations. The Collin County probation violations defense lawyers at the Law Offices of Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C. have the experience to offer you effective legal counsel to fight your alleged probation violation.
Fighting Your Probation Violation
If a Motion to Revoke your probation is filed, our Plano, Texas probation violations defense attorneys will fight on you behalf to:
1. Keep you out of jail;
2. Reinstate your Probation;
3. Win your revocation on the merits and allow you to continue your probation without any additional ramifications.
Some judges and most prosecutors consider a probation plea bargain agreement some sort of “contract” entered by you and the State. This means that when you originally entered a plea of guilty you entered a contract in which you agreed to go to jail for a period of time if you violated any term or condition of your probation. For example, if you plead guilty to your original charge and got a jail sentence of 90 days probated for 1 year, then the state will argue you agreed to go to jail for 90 days if you violated your probation. This is what the prosecutors term the “contract with the State.” This is nonsense.
Just because you entered into a plea bargain agreement with the State does not mean that you will AUTOMATICALLY go to jail if you violate a term or condition of your probation. If the State files a Motion to Revoke you have several options. First, you can plea “true” to the allegations and negotiate with the state for reduced jail time or an extension of your probation. Second, you can plea “not true” to the allegations and have a hearing in front of a judge to make the State prove that you violated a term or condition of your probation. At this hearing the state must prove you actually violated your probation before your probation can be revoked.
How Can A Hearing on Your Probation Violation Help?
There are always two sides to a story. The probation department and the State will attempt to show the judge only bad information concerning your probation violation. At a hearing, your attorney can make the judge aware of your compliance with all other terms of probation, your side as to why you may have been unable to comply with all the terms and conditions of your probation, any other extenuating circumstances that may convince the judge NOT to revoke your probation. Then an experienced attorney may successfully argue your side to the judge and request a shorter jail term than advocated by the state, no jail time and an extension of your probation, or argue that the judge should take no action whatsoever because either the state did not prove you violated your probation or the violation was so minor it does not warrant a revocation.
As former prosecutors with the Collin County District Attorney’s office, we have a great deal of knowledge and experience to offer concerning your probation violation. We know the judges and know what to expect from them and the prosecutors.
Get Help Now
When you need probation violation help, Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C., can help guide you through the system and fight for a restoration of your freedom. Contact us today for a free consultation if you face violation of probation charges.
Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C.
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Frisco, TX 75034
Toll Free: (866) 439-2182
Toll Free Fax: (800) 933-0891
The Frisco, Texas, criminal defense law firm of Biederman & Burleson, P.L.L.C., represents people who have been accused of probation violations in Texas, including in communities such as Plano, Allen, McKinney, Frisco, Dallas, Richardson, The Colony, Wylie, Denton, Prosper, Addison, Celina, Garland, Fort Worth, as well as Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, and Tarrant County
