Rockford, IL asked in Criminal Law for Iowa

Q: I was ordered to report to supervised probation. probation is not going to fly with me, how do i get around not doing it

Probation I'm not doing it. What happeneds if i dnt report to them for the first time??

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Katherine Sears
Katherine Sears
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Des Moines, IA
  • Licensed in Iowa

A: You *are* "doing it," or you're getting arrested and going to jail for contempt/probation violation, and you're probably going to have whatever suspended sentence you got for the underlying offense imposed on top of that.

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