Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

my boyfriend violated his probation his original sentence was 5yrs and he did 4 ..and now he got sent back to jail does he have to do the year left on his orginal sentence or will he get out early


Asked on 12/30/10, 7:46 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Stuart Austin Austin Law Associates, PC

If he was sentenced to 5 years probation, the Judge can release him immediately or hold him up to the maximum sentence allowed by law for the crime of which he was convicted -- notwithstanding his 4 good years on probation.

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Answered on 1/04/11, 9:07 am


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