It may be in your best interest to ask your attorney how short of a jail sentence you would have to serve rather than waste your time and effort on a probation you will never successfully complete. Nine times out of ten you will find some kind of financial relief from the court. You want to fight to the bitter end to prove your innocence regardless of costs, or maybe you want the case to end in probation as soon as possible. Many people take pleas to probation just to be released from jail as their trial date may be set months in the future. You also may possibly have the option of being represented by a public defender, which we would never recommend.
Public defenders have high caseloads and they are usually at the mercy of the prosecutor and judge.
Remember they work with those people every day and the last thing they are going to do is a make enemies with them to defend you. Some public defenders are very good but not good enough to take a chance on, especially if you can afford a private attorney. Tell us what is important to you, and we'll try to tailor the content to your needs. WebTrends Live does not create individual profiles for visitors. Unlike some tracking services WebTrends Live does not have a database of individual profiles for each visitor.