In many cases you can retain an experienced criminal defense attorney who is familiar with the specific court where your husband was sentenced to bring a motion for a sentence modification. We will have to have “legal or factual” grounds to bring such a motion. Often after a defendant has served about one half of his sentence the court will consider granting such a motion.
The specific type of grounds that the courts like to see is substantial hardship financially being caused to the defendant and his family. This can include the fact that the family cannot survive financially because the defendant cannot work. Another success ground that is often uses is medical hardship due to a medical issue relating to the defendant or a close member of his family.
There are many other grounds that we have raised in the past that have also been found to be sufficient to warrant the judge to grant the sentence modification. Feel free to contact our office toll free at 877-466-5245 to discuss this issue in more detail.