Legal Question in Criminal Law in Michigan

I usually see that the terms of the sentencing order say that one of the terms of probation includes X number of days in jail. So you are on probation from the moment the sentencing hearing ends and includes the time you are in jail. Probation does not kick in as soon as you leave jail. And most probation terms, regardless of the crime, says "no alcohol or illegal drugs". Coming to jail as you did, after you were sentenced, suggests that you left the courthouse after the sentencing hearing and reported to jail at a later hour or day. If so, then you were on probation for that short time and drank. That's a violation, and you were sanctioned 2 more days of jail for that error in judgment. We recently had a case where a defendant was serving jail on weekend, including the Thanksgiving weekend (the anniversary of his Black Friday shoplifting spree) but was told to report to jail on Thanksgiving night at 8 pm; he did, but he was drunk b/c he'd had wine of other beverages with his family meal. To top that off, he drove himself the last leg of the trip into the jail parking lot, so he was 'drunk driving' to boot. The judge did not look kindly on that because drinking on probation violated probation, and violating a criminal law against drunk driving was another violation. Back to you: Your probation violation seems to have been dealt with by serving the extra few days. You're lucky. You could have lost it altogether, or you could have been ordered as a punishment to serve additional time, or do more community service work, or extra programs to get you to stop drinking or making bad decisions. The probation officer probably did make a recommendation to the judge (which is part of their job). But the judge took that into consideration and made an independent decision of what response to take for your violation of the order ... which is the judge's job. Your job is to obey the court orders and state laws, and to stop acting stupidly, immaturely and selfishly. Stop doing what makes you feel good at the moment, or justifying/rationalizing it in your mind (example: "I thought probation starts when I get out of jail").

Just don't show up for your appointment with any alcohol in your system.