Criminal Probation Secrets: How It Really Impacts Your Case

Criminal probation usually comes up at the end of a case as an alternative to jail, but it can affect decisions from day one if you’re already on probation. If you have an active probation term, it can raise leverage for the prosecution and trigger probation-violation consequences. This article explains when probation enters the case, how it changes outcomes, and what to watch for in Oakland, CA matters.

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“Andrew, one of the question that we wanted to get a little more information on is…how is probation involved in a criminal case?”

Andrew Dósa – Criminal Defense Attorney – Oakland, CA

“Typically, probation comes in toward the end of a case that is just beginning with a defendant having no criminal history. If that person has a record, and is still on probation, then probation will weigh in, perhaps. They may even be the ones who recommended that a probation violation be filed along with the new complaint. While that case is going on, if there is a pre-sentencing report that is generated as some counties require, probation begins with that, and they are, typically, following after the case comes to a resolution. They’ll do the sentencing report for the Judge to help recommendations with sentencing. Between those two dates, the outset, with a criminal past, they may be involved but loosely involved. Just mostly monitoring the procedures.”