moondoggie
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Missouri
My son was arrested last year for marijuana distribution and charged with a B felony. (it was his first arrest). We hired a private attorney for 3,600.00, and he arranged a plea deal where my son would take the B felony, spend 8 months in county jail, 5 years probation, and ten years backup. Last week my son was rearrested on a marijuana possession charge, and they are in the process of revoking his probation. This morning I was looking at the discovery papers for the original charge, and found a letter the prosecutor had sent to the public defenders office. I probably read it before, but at that time it was meaningless to me because I didn't understand the system. What it said was, the prosecutors first offer was that my son take 5 years and the B felony (in Missouri that would have meant 15 months in prison) or he could take a C felony, and get 7 years (in Missouri, that would have meant 12.8 months in prison). Did our attorney fail us? And if he did, will that help get my sons record expunged someday? Thank you for your answer.
My son was arrested last year for marijuana distribution and charged with a B felony. (it was his first arrest). We hired a private attorney for 3,600.00, and he arranged a plea deal where my son would take the B felony, spend 8 months in county jail, 5 years probation, and ten years backup. Last week my son was rearrested on a marijuana possession charge, and they are in the process of revoking his probation. This morning I was looking at the discovery papers for the original charge, and found a letter the prosecutor had sent to the public defenders office. I probably read it before, but at that time it was meaningless to me because I didn't understand the system. What it said was, the prosecutors first offer was that my son take 5 years and the B felony (in Missouri that would have meant 15 months in prison) or he could take a C felony, and get 7 years (in Missouri, that would have meant 12.8 months in prison). Did our attorney fail us? And if he did, will that help get my sons record expunged someday? Thank you for your answer.
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