ok, He is 18; and had 2 felonies; one for stealing and one for recieving stolen property. Totalling 9 years- but he got probation (May of this year). Unfortunatley, he did not do the things he was to do; community service, drug & alcohal treatment, payments, ect.. so he was picked up and has court January 11th. I am traumatized as he is my BIRTHSON and I am a little upset that his life was supposed to be better and i have discovered otherwise- Is he likely to go to prison? Can anyone give me thier opinion on what is likely to happen to him? This does not look good does it? :(
2007-12-27 12:50:49 · 9 answers · asked by Tabitha 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Tabitha, you dont mention what state you are in, but just as a general rule, first time offenders with non violent crimes will be given probation. What the courts are doing is seeing if this individual can exist within the boundaries of the law under supervision and stipulate guidelines and rules for the offender to live by. Things such as community service, repayment of restitution and staying clean and sober are considered to be rehabilitative. I know this is incredibly difficult for you. He is your son, but you have to see this from the law's eyes. He commited at least two felony crimes that he was convicted of. Now the court gave him another chance of redemption and he has unwisely decided not to follow the rules. At this point, being felony convictions, the court will more than likely impose the original prison sentence and incarcerate him. So to answer your thought and question,,,,NO, it does not look good at all. Try to be strong in this. I know it is not easy.
2007-12-27 16:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tabitha,
It is very difficult in your situation. The fact is your son chose, of his own free will, not to follow the terms of probation. There is nothing you could have done at his age to make things different. He made the choice, unfortunately a bad one, so he will most likely go to prison. Seems the judge gave him a real opportunity to turn his life around and he chose not to do that.
Sorry, I know this doesn't help. Do not try to take the blame for his choices in life. You have had no influence on him since he was 7 years old.
2007-12-27 13:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by fretochose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it don't look good! He may have to serve the remainder of his sentence in prison.
He failed to follow the rules of society by committing the original crimes, then when a judge gives him a break ... he messed that up too.
As parents we hope that our children's lives will be nicer and better than we remember ours were. In some cases they are ... but some children need to hit bottom before they get it together.
My daughter hung out with teens we wish she hadn't, dated the "bad boys" (every one of her High School boyfriends was on probation!) and generally ignored anything we said. I was very disappointed in where her life was heading.
I am very happy to tell you that she got past this stage of her life. She cleaned up her act real good, and is happily married with 4 kids now. Hopefully, once your son realizes that he is making bad choices ... he too will come around.
Remember that when all is said and done, he must take responsibility for his lifestyle. You can try to steer him right, but its HIS choice as to what he does.
If he does go to prison, he might come out with a different attitude, and may decide to go straight instead of going back.
2007-12-27 13:56:22 · answer #3 · answered by ornery and mean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a reson the courts sentence people to pay for their crimes and if he din't follow what he was supposed to do then yes he will go to jail.That's the price you pay when you don't learn from your mistakes.If he couldn't do community service,go to treatment and get a job to pay his fines then he should have talked to his probation officer about it.And as his birth mother but not the mother that raised him....you can't go around blaming yourself or feeling guilty about the kind of life he's had because it will eat at you for the rest of your days.It's not your fault.
2007-12-27 13:02:03 · answer #4 · answered by Janell T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is up to the judge. Your son can be made to serve the original sentence no matter how long he was on probation. And that may not be the case or maybe it will.
2007-12-27 13:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lawyer would be familiar with how strict the courts are on your section. This varies from place to place, prefer to choose. He grew to become into genuinely risking his freedom to be around dopers jointly as he grew to become into on probabtion for drugs. would not look that probation had the rehabilitative result the choose concept it ought to.
2016-10-20 02:51:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...alot of what will happen depends on what State this is... Then too, a lot of States have the "3" strike rule... "3" felony's and it becomes a "life" sentence... Get a good Attorney to advise you... soon...
2007-12-27 13:01:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has not followed the terms of his probation, it's likely he'll go to prison.
2007-12-27 12:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by justanotherone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To comment on this any further would only be kicking you while you are down.
I'm sorry.
2007-12-27 13:43:34 · answer #9 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋