Baltimore, MD asked in Criminal Law for Maryland

Q: One question violation of probation do I usually get a warning for that or is there a possibility that I could go to

Jail only thing I did was sending a message I didn’t threaten anyone or anything like that I just wanted to say sorry for what I did wrong

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Mark Oakley
Mark Oakley
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Rockville, MD
  • Licensed in Maryland

A: If the crime you’re on probation for carries jail as a penalty, then yes, jail is always an option. It will depend on the seriousness of the violation. If you were order to have no contact with the victim, then it doesn’t matter how good your intentions were as far as it being a violation, but you can argue that the contact was your misguided effort to make sincere amends. That may mitigate the risk of more serious punishment like jail, but without knowing the history of your interactions with the victim, it is impossible to guess what a judge would do. Hire a lawyer.

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