Q: In Jefferson County is it true that a judge could agree to a deferred sentence and then not give it to you
So I had agreed to a deal with the judge district attorney and my public defender the the Deferred judgment was in place and I completed the probation successfully well the felony is still on my record I was told that Jefferson County is allowed to make a deal and not follow through with their end of it pretty much
A:
That is not true. If you had an agreement and you in fact completed your deferred judgment supervision without any compliance issues whatsoever, then you had a contract that is enforceable.
That said, the Courts know this as well. It is possible that you have had a compliance issue that permitted the Court to revoke your deferred judgment. There is no real way of knowing what actually happened without reviewing your case in detail.
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