Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

I'm on felony probation for posesion of sales and a prior firearm conviction. i sold my rolex watch a while back and got $3500 i'm counterfeit bills. i made a bad choice to go try to spend them on craigslist recently and i just got a call from probation saying to come in tomorrow we have to talk about a few things. i'm in california and never got anything over $800 do you know how much time i'm looking at?


Asked on 3/22/17, 2:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

You're looking at likely probation violation and return to 'full sentence' on the original case, plus the federal felony penalty of up to 15 years for passing counterfeit bills If they can show you did so knowingly, You just confessed online in your post. Such discussions of fact should have been done in the confidence of the attorney-client relationship. You should hire good local counsel to help you in this.

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Answered on 3/29/17, 4:11 pm


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