In June 2006 I plead guilty to a DWAI and was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation. I was unable to complete the orders the judge had given me including a suspended 90 day jail sentence. Nine days before the day the probationary term was to be complete I had entered another guilty plea for criminal mischief which would have revoked the probation due to the terms of the probation which was not to get any more charges within that year. I was advised that the district attorney's office had to review my case within 10 days of completion date of the probation. I was arrested for a failure to appear and was advised by the arresting officers that the warrant was to expire on the 28 of August. So I guess my question is does the court have jurisdiction to send me to jail based on the previous advisement concerning the review of the case or should I hire a lawyer? I have a probation revocation hearing on the 12 of October. Thanks!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Most likely the court does have jurisdiction, but it should be looked into. Also an attorney may be able to lessen or eliminate the jail time.
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