How much does it cost to have an attorny go to court and ask the judge for early termination of Probation? : My husband is having a hard time in finding proper employment due to being on probation! The Public Defender said after a year and a half of probation he could request Early termination of probation? In November of 2019 my husband will have served a year and half of his probation! We decided it would be best under the circumstances too take plea deal due to all the circumstances pertaining to his case. At the time we did not have money to obtain proper counsel and had to unfortunalty let a Public defeander handle the case that is full of holes. When we go back to court in November we would like to Obtian an attorney to speak at court to request an early Termination of Probation. His Penal Codes are 289(I) PC 261.5(D one being a wobbler and the public defeander said wobbler could be exsponged. This all came about because I had 100% sole and Legal custody of my children and my Ex husband saw an opurtunity to gain control and took it by having our daughter make false aligations. Is there any opportunity if we highered proper counsel to getting him off probation in November in you legal opinion? Thank you so much for your time
Stephen’s answer: Every attorney charges a different fee for their time. I suggest finding a CJA panel attorney in the San Diego area, who regularly practices Federal Criminal Defense, and ask him or her if they would work for the CJA rate of $148 per hour for this case.
The reselling of a coupon.:
Hi there,
I wanted to get a better idea regarding legality of re-selling coupons online. There is a website that sells different coupons(10%, 15% off etc.) for certain stores, I am not sure how this particular website retains its coupons that it sells. The coupon is genuine and works as advertised. Are there any legal issues regarding purchasing and re-selling a coupon online? This one particular coupon that would be resold does not have any specific texts in the fine print regarding reselling, transferring, etc. of the coupon.
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Stephen’s answer: If the coupons that you have are free of any term or obligation, then the manufacturers' redemption policies do not come into play, so you should be home free to redistribute them.
Legality of a sentence: Let me try this question again. Is it legal for a Judge in Idaho to impose, as part of a sentence, attendance at AA meetings. I am not questioning the validity of AA. I simply would like to know if it is legal. Thanks
Stephen’s answer: AA or the equivalent. The judge's concern is that you seek help on an outpatient basis in some form. So think, if you do this and complete it, the hope is that with the addiction resolved, your tendency towards bad decisions will also disappear. On the other hand, you complete it or not and re-offend, it will come up that your addiction is less of an excuse than your intent to break the law. Now go get better.