I am on supervised probation after receiving aPBJ for possession of marijuana/ How can I have it changed to unsupervised. I work professionally.
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I am on supervised probation after receiving aPBJ for possession of marijuana/ How can I have it changed to unsupervised. I work professionally.
I work in a professional capacity as a program manager for a rehab program; consequently, I am constantly working with the Office of Parole and Probation concerning my clients. It would have an extreme and devastating effect on my professional record if this comes to light. I have not met my probation officer yet. I just today went to the main office and signed it. Please let me know what to do? thank you very much
Asked on April 20, 2009 under Criminal Law, Maryland
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
Well this sounds like your first offense to get probation before judgment. Did you have a public defender or private counsel help you negotiate this or was this a decision by the prosecutor based on your criminal record or lack thereof?
Well, your attorney will need to probably file a motion to request it be unsupervised but based on what you do, and where you work and the fact it sounds this PBJ just happened, not sure if the court will grant it. You will need a sentence review.
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http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/locations/dpp_offices.shtml
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(a) Persons entitled to review.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person convicted of a crime by a circuit court and sentenced to serve a sentence that exceeds 2 years in a correctional facility is entitled to a single sentence review by a review panel. | ||||
(b) Exception.- A person is not entitled: | ||||
(1) to a sentence review if the sentence was imposed by more than one circuit court judge; or | ||||
(2) to a review of an order requiring a suspended part of a sentence to be served if: | ||||
(i) the sentence originally was wholly or partly suspended; | ||||
(ii) the sentence was reviewed; and | ||||
(iii) the suspended sentence or suspended part of that sentence later was required to be served. | ||||
(c) Sentence exceeding 2 years.- For purposes of this subtitle, a sentence that exceeds 2 years is a sentence in which the total period of the sentence and any unserved time of a prior or simultaneous sentence exceeds 2 years, including: | ||||
(1) a sentence imposed by a circuit court; | ||||
(2) a requirement by a circuit court that all or part of a suspended sentence be served; and | ||||
(3) a prior or simultaneous sentence, suspended or not suspended, that has been imposed by a court or other authority of the State or of another jurisdiction. | ||||
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 645JA(a), 645JB; 2001, ch. 10, § 2; ch. 29, § 5; 2002, ch. 19, § 1; 2005, ch. 387; 2007, ch. 647.] |
§ 8-103. Right to counsel. | ||||
(a) In general.- A person entitled to file an application for a sentence review under this subtitle has the right to be represented by counsel: | ||||
(1) to determine whether to seek a sentence review; and | ||||
(2) to file an application for a sentence review. | ||||
(b) Obtaining counsel.- The counsel representing a person for a sentence review may be: | ||||
(1) retained by a person who is entitled to file an application for review under this subtitle; | ||||
(2) appointed by the sentencing judge; or | ||||
(3) provided under Title 16 of this article. | ||||
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 645JE(a); 2001, ch. 10, § 2; ch. 29, § 5; 2002, ch. 19, § 1; 2008, ch. 13.] | ||||
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