Legal Question in Criminal Law in South Carolina
Signed plea agreement for 30 year years,suspended to 5 years probation.I stayed locked up in the county jail for 2 years. I was under extream duress when i signed. Its been another 2 years since i was sentenced. I was not guilty of the crime but after that long in jail i took the plea.i want to get a trial.Now im looking at the thirty years is it possible.the evidence in my discovery clearly obsolves me of said crime.what can i do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
I'm assuming that you are now on probation and you want to get off probation and have a trial. If that is where you are in this case, the one person that could give you the best advise would be the actual attorney that represented you. I am not in a advise you as there is a great deal of information about your case that I simply do not have. I understand that you may not want to discuss this with the attorney that represented you. However, it would appear that only that particular attorney would have all of the necessary information needed in order to advise you.
What you are seeking to do is not an easy process, and can be quite involved and quite costly. There are also time frames involved in these matters which will need to be looked at closely. If you are serious about persuing this, you need to look into it immediately. Again, your starting point is most likely the attorney that represented you. A second possibility would be to hire another attorney, who could get your file from your first attorney. That too would not be quick and easy and could be quite costly.
I hope this helps some. I wish I could have been more specific, but again, I simply do not have enough information about your case.
Robert J. Johnston