Probation Or Community Corrections Violation
Abels Law Office also handles probation or community corrections (house arrest) violations. If you are on probation or community corrections and commit a violation, a petition to revoke may be filed against you. Once the petition to revoke is filed, the court may choose to issue a warrant for your arrest or a summons to appear in court. Once you appear in court, you would have the right to admit or deny the violation. If you deny the violation, you would be entitled to a contested hearing, whereby the state would have to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that you violated a term of your probation or community corrections placement. If you are found to have violated a term of your probation or community corrections, the court would have the ability to take no further action, add conditions to your probation or community corrections sentence, extend your probation or community corrections, or revoke your placement on probation or community corrections. It is important to have an experienced attorney who can evaluate the allegations and determine what the likely sanction would be if the court does find you have violated your probation or community corrections.
Contact Abels Law Office at 317-397-0264 immediately if a petition to revoke your probation or community corrections placement has been filed against you.
Sentence Modifications
If you or someone you know is currently serving a sentence and would like to seek modification of that sentence, Abels Law Office can assist you with filing a petition to modify your sentence. If the individual is serving a sentence in the Department of Correction, the court must order a progress report that is prepared by the Department of Correction before considering a sentence modification. This report will include information about disciplinary incidents, programs completed and time cuts received by the individual, and will assist the court in determining whether a sentence modification is appropriate. If an individual has been convicted of certain types of offenses, prosecutor approval will likely be required. In addition, if a person entered into a plea agreement that required the court to impose specific terms, prosecutor approval will likely be needed to modify those specific terms. In all other scenarios, the court may grant a sentence modification without the prosecutor’s approval. Abels Law Office can assist you in assessing the likelihood that a court would grant a sentence modification and assist you in filing the petition and presenting evidence in court.
Contact Abels Law Office at 317-397-0264 immediately if you are considering seeking a sentence modification.