Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York
If I took a plea bargain for probation and violated, can I then be resentenced under a new law that was passed almost 10 years after I was originally sentenced and carries more time?
Asked on 5/19/11, 8:44 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Stuart Austin
Austin Law Associates, PC
You can only be sentenced for violating the charge for which you were convited.
Answered on 5/20/11, 5:17 am
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