Friday, April 6, 2012

Shoplifting Defense Attorneys

Question: My son has been incarcerated since May 25, 2010 in Gwinnett county on a shoplifting charge. He does have prior convictions for same offense, and was, in fact, on probation. His probation officer has said that, unless convicted of this charge, he has done the time he would get for the technical violation of not reporting. As yet he has no court date, has not been indicted, and has had no bond hearing at all. The DAs response as to why there is no bond is that he has prior convictions. Is this correct - I was under the impression that there should have been a bond hearing, at least.

Answer:  Your son has not had a bond hearing because his attorney has not insisted on having a bond hearing. Of course, the attorney's rationale is: why have a bond hearing if there is a probation hold, because he cannot get out anyway. Now that the probation has expired , if it has in fact expired (you are just believing what the probation officer tells you), the attorney can request a hearing with the hope that the judge grants a bond. If the probation officer just told you anything to get you off of the phone, then your lived one may not able to get out of jail, even with a bond (because there is still a probation hold). Good luck.

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I hung a shingle in February 2000, because I saw that individuals charged with criminal offenses were being underserved by the attorneys practicing criminal law. Since February 2000, I have represented more than two thousand criminal clients. I only practice criminal law, but I do everything from violations of probation to Supreme Court appeals. There are few attorneys under the age of sixty that have my level of experience. I have tried more than two hundred major felony jury trials. I have tried more than fifty misdemeanor jury trials. In Philadelphia as a prosecutor, I tried more than two thousand bench trials. I have conducted more than three thousand preliminary hearings and bond hearings. Yet, I still have the energy at forty-five to serve my current clients. There is nothing that will occur in a courtroom that I have not experienced before. When you are looking for an attorney, experience is everything.