I would like a reduction in my sentence....how do I get it?
Posted By Lloyd Golburgh on Sep 11, 2009 3:22pm PDT
I accepted a plea for 2 dui's the judge gave me 3 months to finish
school and turn myself in at the end of the semester, i am on probation
as of the plea hearing, if my circumstances get better and the judge
and/or prosecutor see that i am in a better position and am
rehabilitated can the sentence be changed?
FloridaDUIPRO.com answered: Anything is possible. Call the Judge's office before the 'turn-in'
date. Ask the Judge's Judicial Assistant (JA) if she'll schedule you a
hearing for mitigation of sentence. If she does, make sure you notify
the state attorney of the date. Go to the hearing and tell the Judge
how well you've been doing while on probation and in school. Ask
him/her to mitigate (reduce) the sentence. The worst the Judge will do
is say, "no."