Criminal Trials, Hearings After a plea bargain has been agreed to?

[captainjackocfa]

Our son, 20 years old, was charged with Sexual Harassment and signed a plea. After he was released from jail he went to his probation officer and was required to sign documents or he couldn't leave her office a free man. We now learn that he is being treated like a sexual offender with the same probation. This was a teenage incident with his sister and he was goofing around, and ripped a towel off of his younger sister. She has told the DA that this incident was mentioned in passing to her therapist and now blown out of proportion. She was told he would have 3 years probation for sexual harassment, no jail time. It was a lie, he served time and has outragous conditions that is making our lives impossible. These obligations are going to present a financial hardship for us and our son. Along with that he is required to work or go to school, but he will probably not find work and we will have to pay for school. He was represented by a Public Defender, but I'm certain this agreement isn't something any of us can live with and more importantly, it does not reflect just punishment. What can we do now that we have just seen the paperwork?

 

[jacksgal]

Nothing he signed it

 

[raskalnikov]

There's always something. Contact criminal defense attorneys and ask for someone who specializes in appelate work. Your son may have come to an agreement with one person, then forced to sign something else with someone else entirely. Don't give up hope!

 

[raskalnikov]

Agrements can often be amended. What the Judge agreed to and your attorney and the prosecutor is very important. judge's don't always like P.O.s to run roughshod over agreements.

 

[jacksgal]

Heres low down. If he appeals plea bargain he signed and agreed to are almost zero. Did the judge not read the plea deal to him and ask him if he agreed? If he wins a withdraw of plea deal he will then likely face trial and even stiffer sentence as plea deal will be off table. Its a crap shoot and odds are not in his favor