Do i still do community hours if my case was dismissed
I went to court on the 17 of January an my public defender gave me community hours in order for me to recive my license but my case was dismissed
Speak with the attorney who is handling your case.
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It may help to answer your question by clarifying a couple of things:
(1) Your Public Defender would not be the one who requires you to do community service hours. That would be up to the Court, unless your PD was asking that you do it for purposes of mitigation which does not appear to be the case.
(2) Because the DMV dictates the conditions which must be met in order for you to get a valid driver's license, I would recommend you contact them to see what, if anything, you need to do to get your license back. Community service hours are not something the DMV would require to get your license.
(3) If your case was dismissed, you most likely do not need to do anything further except perhaps get the documentation confirming that dismissal for your records should there be any issues as you move forward.
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Public defender do not give community service hours.
Judges order you to do community service hours.
If you case was dismissed then you probably don;t have to do them but you need to be sure (meaning call your PD and figure it out asap).
You may also have driver license issues independent of the criminal case (DUI arrests trigger court and DMV proceedings, and even though they stem from the arrest they are separate and distinct).
Wishing you luck and hoping that I have been helpful in answering your question.
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