Orange County Probation violation hearings – PC 1203 Wallin & Klarich
Orange County probation violation hearings occur in order to determine if you have violated the terms of your probation. During the probation hearing, the court can change, modify or revoke the terms of probation. The court may also subject you to the sentence of the original crime committed if the judge finds the circumstances appropriate. The court may also choose to continue the original terms of the probation depending on the circumstances of your case. Thus, you need an Orange County criminal defense attorney experienced in probation violation cases.
Your probation officer has the authority to initiate a probation violation hearing if he or she reasonably believes that you have violated your probation. If you are not required to report to a probation officer, you may still be subject to a probation violation hearing in Orange County if you are found to be acting in a manner that violates the terms of your probation.
At probation violation hearings the prosecution bears a lighter burden than in a normal criminal proceeding. The prosecution must only show by the preponderance of the evidence that you violated the terms of probation, whereas in a general criminal proceeding they must prove any crime beyond a reasonable doubt. For this reason it is important that you get competent legal representation if you are charged with a probation violation in Orange County.
The attorneys at Wallin & Klarich have decades of experience in successfully defending California residents who have been charged with a probation violation in Orange County. Wallin & Klarich will carefully review the evidence and conduct an investigation of all the facts to help you win your probation violation hearing. Contact us today at 888-749-0034 or fill out our contact form and one of our attorneys will call or email you. Call us today, we will get through this together.