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Violating the Terms of Probation

By Baker Associates

Probation is one of a few types of alternative sentencing that is used by the Tennessee Courts when sentencing defendants who have been found guilty of, or plead guilty to, a crime. Simply put, alternative sentences are used when the defendant is able to convince the court that he or she does not deserve to have to spend the entirety of the defendant?s sentence in confinement. This is usually due to the fact that the defendant is a first-time offender or a non-violent offender, or the circumstances of the offense warrant lenient treatment for the defendant. If a defendant can show the court that alternative sentencing is warranted, the defendant may be ordered to do community corrections work or serve all or a part of his or her sentence on probation as an alternative to being incarcerated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).