Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

I found out today that I'm not even supposed to be on probation according to the courts criminal docket sheet for a case (A+B with a deadly weapon) but I am on probation, and my P.O. is making me do things that are not required by the judge. My case was continued without a finding and I'm also mentally disabled with PTSD, Social Phobia and Panic disorder, among other things, and they're taking advantage of me because I couldn't and can't do anything about all of this. I couldn't talk to anyone about it, like the judge or even my lawyer, who also scared me into taking the continued without a finding plea. I wanted to go to trial. I couldn't fight the case, or the plea because of the social phobia. I was and am completely helpless. But anyway, all of this is making my PTSD and anxiety a million times worse and I feel horrible everyday because of it. I can;t even hire a new lawyer to help me with this. I just started collecting money from welfare but it all goes to rent. I don't know what to do, but I can't take any of this and my therapists and medications aren't helping me at all. What am I supposed to do? I don't understand what happened and I don't know how to fix any of it.


Asked on 8/21/14, 7:59 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

Presumably, you are aware that having the case continued without a finding meant, among other things, that you were placed on probation covering the period of time during which the case has been continued, and the probation ends only when the case is ultimately dismissed.

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Answered on 8/22/14, 8:55 am


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