Probation Violation in Nevada?
Avoiding Prison Takes More Than Hope. It Takes Strategy.
If you're in custody for a probation violation caused by a new criminal charge, you are in serious danger of being sent to prison. If you've been on the run—absconding for years—and just got picked up, you're also in real trouble. Judges see those situations every week, and most of the time, they impose the original sentence. We won't sell you false hope. If that is the situation, unless you have exceptional circumstance or if you get the new case/charge dismissed before the judge rules on your probation violation, hiring a lawyer is often throwing good money after a bad situation.
There are usually three situations in which hiring a lawyer might actually help:
- First, is if you have not yet been taken into custody but have an old absconding warrant. In those circumstances, if you have truly changed your life for the better, hiring us to help you voluntarily appear in Court and face your past mistakes gives you the best chance of avoiding prison. If you choose to stay on the run and later get picked up, there will often by no result but prison in the future. Hiring an attorney to voluntarily appear can often make a big difference in outcomes.
- Second, if you are facing a new charge, you can hire us to take over both the new charge and the probation violation so that we can fight the new charge as quickly as possible (short-setting a bench trial or preliminary hearing) and try and get the new allegation dismissed. This is often the only way to prevent prison time based upon a probation violation for a new charge.
- Three, if your probation violation is for a technical violation rather than a non-technical violation, we can help argue to place you back on probation.
What Is a Probation Violation?
A probation violation happens when you break the rules of your probation, whether intentionally or not. It might be something as simple as failing to report, moving without permission, or missing a required class. Or it might be more serious—testing positive for drugs, disappearing, or committing a new crime.
There are two kinds of violations:
Technical Violations — breaking rules like missing a report, moving without approval, or failing a drug test.
Non-Technical Violations — committing a new offense while on probation or absconding from probation. These are the most serious and hardest to recover from.
Can You Really Avoid Prison After a Violation?
Sometimes, yes. But only if you give the judge a reason.
The truth is that probation is a privilege. And once you violate, you're at the court's mercy. But judges are human. They want to see:
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No new charges
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Voluntary return to court
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Employment and stability
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Substance abuse recovery
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Family support and responsibilities
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Letters, certificates, or other proof of growth
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A lawyer who presents all of it correctly
If you've changed—or are willing to change now—we can build that story and present it powerfully. If you haven't, we won't pretend we can talk the judge out of a prison sentence. Honesty is the best policy: hiring a private attorney at the last minute to try and avoid prison, when you in fact totally disregarded the judge's initial decision to give you probation without any indication of trying to change your life, is just going to waste your money.
Want a Second Chance? We Help Clients Voluntarily Appear on Old Violation Warrants
If you're ready to face the court—and you're serious about showing who you've become—we'll fight hard to give the judge a reason to either reinstate your probation or grand a dishonorable discharge and close your case.
Call Liberators Criminal Defense now.
Let's figure out if this is a fight we can win.
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