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Q: In 2010 I signed for 5 yrs and 15 suspended in Arkansas I served 4.5 yrs went flat in 2016. In 2021 I was set up by my e

X girlfriend on a purchase of 14 grams of meth that she begged me for I had someone else deliver to her now they are trying to give me all of my suspended sentence from 2010

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Richard Lane Hughes
Richard Lane Hughes
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Little Rock, AR
  • Licensed in Arkansas

A: I don't see a question here. If you have a suspended sentence pending and are convicted of a subsequent offense or fail to abide by the conditions of your suspended sentence, you are subject to that suspended sentence being imposed. Think of the suspended sentence as a probation type sentence.

"My girlfriend begged me for the _________" is not a defense. Arguably, there might be an entrapment defense but the nexus between your girlfriend and law enforcement would need to be great and a fact finder would have to believe that you would not have committed an offense absent the enticement of your law enforcement girlfriend.

You should hire an attorney or the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

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