I am in TN.
I am currently serving the second of two 11-29 sentences that were commuted to probation. I have paid off all of my court costs and probation fees (well, someone helped me out and did it for me). I had been serving another 11-29 sentence in the same county, but with a different private probation company, but got off in August. I also had 11-29 probation sentences in two other counties that I got off of around August as well. Only the probation officers in the same county knew about each other... they did not know about the other two counties; and the other other two counties did not know about the three other probation officers I had. I know this was a dangerous balancing act, but why do the PO's job for them? I doubt they would say, "Well, since you were honest, I'm not going to violate you." While there is nothing in my probation about not leaving the state; I had moved to GA for a job from February until July (coming home to report, and was in TN for all of July... but my lease was from March until mid-October). I do not know if this would violate me... and I am off probation come August 29th (after which I will be moving to CO and never coming back to the police state that is Williamson County, the county south of Nashville, TN and one of the wealthiest in the nation. the cops don't have real crime to deal with, but want to keep the jail full... so they incarcerate anyone who commits victimless crimes they can. ironically, the sheriff back a few years ago got busted for prescription fraud as he was heavily addicted to Hyrdrocodone and had his secretary/whoever helping him get scripts), and I have a feeling I will be needing to sue my former best-friend/business-partner as he used my name/SS#/credit to start a business that does over 1,000,000 in sales a year, but once he fixed his credit and didn't need me, he muscled me out of the business (and I had turned down the 10% of sales he offered telling him I wanted to be his business partner when things took off... so other than maybe $2,000 I got from him, I am empty-handed... but, I have to deal with people calling my parents' house sometimes at 5AM even about the business and may still be the guarantor on the credit card processing account). I literally let this guy take my identity and short of getting a photo ID with it, assume my identity. He won't even talk to me now. I am waiting until September to do anything as I am hoping he will come around, but also so he cannot report my indiscretions to my PO. My question is... once I am off probation, if it comes to light that I had violated my probation... can it retroactively be revoked? Or (as I hope is the case), will I be free of the trap that is probation once I make it to August? Also, I may need to sue my former roommates from GA here soon... Since I have been in TN since I started this second 11-29 probation sentence (short of going to pick up my stuff), my living in ATL occurred during the 11-29 sentence I have already completed. Also, since my identity has been used by my former friend... he said that he would say that the apartment was a company apartment for employees to live in, and merely rented in my name (at least he said this when we spoke about it a few months ago). So yeah, same basic question... if it is proved a former probationer violated their sentence after they have completed it; can their probation be reinstated and retroactively revoked?
Any real legal advice would be appreciated. Please, don't lecture me about how what I did was wrong or question my moral compass. I am on probation after taking charges to protect my late-fiance from violating her felony probation; then using illegal drugs to try and commit suicide after she committed suicide... I did not commit a string of home invasions or rape an old woman; I am an overall good person who lives by the golden rule and have a problem trusting the wrong people/letting people use me a doormat. I need legal advice.
Thanks.
~beardie
I am currently serving the second of two 11-29 sentences that were commuted to probation. I have paid off all of my court costs and probation fees (well, someone helped me out and did it for me). I had been serving another 11-29 sentence in the same county, but with a different private probation company, but got off in August. I also had 11-29 probation sentences in two other counties that I got off of around August as well. Only the probation officers in the same county knew about each other... they did not know about the other two counties; and the other other two counties did not know about the three other probation officers I had. I know this was a dangerous balancing act, but why do the PO's job for them? I doubt they would say, "Well, since you were honest, I'm not going to violate you." While there is nothing in my probation about not leaving the state; I had moved to GA for a job from February until July (coming home to report, and was in TN for all of July... but my lease was from March until mid-October). I do not know if this would violate me... and I am off probation come August 29th (after which I will be moving to CO and never coming back to the police state that is Williamson County, the county south of Nashville, TN and one of the wealthiest in the nation. the cops don't have real crime to deal with, but want to keep the jail full... so they incarcerate anyone who commits victimless crimes they can. ironically, the sheriff back a few years ago got busted for prescription fraud as he was heavily addicted to Hyrdrocodone and had his secretary/whoever helping him get scripts), and I have a feeling I will be needing to sue my former best-friend/business-partner as he used my name/SS#/credit to start a business that does over 1,000,000 in sales a year, but once he fixed his credit and didn't need me, he muscled me out of the business (and I had turned down the 10% of sales he offered telling him I wanted to be his business partner when things took off... so other than maybe $2,000 I got from him, I am empty-handed... but, I have to deal with people calling my parents' house sometimes at 5AM even about the business and may still be the guarantor on the credit card processing account). I literally let this guy take my identity and short of getting a photo ID with it, assume my identity. He won't even talk to me now. I am waiting until September to do anything as I am hoping he will come around, but also so he cannot report my indiscretions to my PO. My question is... once I am off probation, if it comes to light that I had violated my probation... can it retroactively be revoked? Or (as I hope is the case), will I be free of the trap that is probation once I make it to August? Also, I may need to sue my former roommates from GA here soon... Since I have been in TN since I started this second 11-29 probation sentence (short of going to pick up my stuff), my living in ATL occurred during the 11-29 sentence I have already completed. Also, since my identity has been used by my former friend... he said that he would say that the apartment was a company apartment for employees to live in, and merely rented in my name (at least he said this when we spoke about it a few months ago). So yeah, same basic question... if it is proved a former probationer violated their sentence after they have completed it; can their probation be reinstated and retroactively revoked?
Any real legal advice would be appreciated. Please, don't lecture me about how what I did was wrong or question my moral compass. I am on probation after taking charges to protect my late-fiance from violating her felony probation; then using illegal drugs to try and commit suicide after she committed suicide... I did not commit a string of home invasions or rape an old woman; I am an overall good person who lives by the golden rule and have a problem trusting the wrong people/letting people use me a doormat. I need legal advice.
Thanks.
~beardie
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