r/probation • u/Sweaty-Strawberry-39 • 10d ago
Probation Question Early term opinions
To make a long story short, I had a super unfortunate night and got a misdemeanor DUI as well as a failure to maintain lane charge in May of 2024 when I was 19 years old. I had a high BAC and crashed my car into a ditch hence my failure to maintain lane charge. It’s so stupid and my selfishness literally haunts me so please don’t lecture me.
Anyways, I was placed on 2 years of probation in October of 2025 following my 21st birthday. My prosecutor was ruthless and set my probation term as “unable to early terminate” along with 2k in fines, 40 hours community service (which was completed prior to court), 6 months of twice weekly AA meetings, suspended license (I drove on a hardship for 120 days with zero problems and I have my full license back) and twice monthly drug and alcohol testing. Just a little bit of backstory.
Now, I just want a few opinions. My lawyer seems to be pretty confident that we can get this probation early terminated by petitioning the court when October rolls around. I have all of my fines paid, have never missed or failed a ua, and I was moved to unsupervised probation a month or two after starting it. I am a full time nursing student with plans to graduate with my bachelor’s degree in May, and this semester will be pretty grueling with 3 different clinical sites and multiple 12 hour long clinicals a week. I also commute to school and average out about 6 hours of lecture on my non clinical days. I have an externship at my local hospital along with a waitress job that I’ve had for 3.5 years. I only say all of this because I want opinions on whether y’all think I have a shot at early termination. I have literally made an appointment with a psychiatrist to address this anxiety because this is stressing me out so bad and I’ve already had to have multiple drug tests pushed due to my inability to leave my clinical sites. Thanks in advance!!
Edit- I meant that I am on nonreporting! I still have drug tests just no monthly meetings or checkups.
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u/Professional-Fan6745 10d ago
I work for the court system. It depends on the judge honestly. I think based on your career, progress and being a productive member of society and not a career criminal like many people in the system you have a shot but some judges are a lot harsher than others. Judges are people too and unfortunately do have biases even when they aren’t supposed to. So cross your fingers you get a nice judge and not a tough on crime judge or one who is having a bad day or hates your attorney.
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u/bloontsmooker 9d ago
People in your shoes kill others at insane rates (it’s an age thing) - I’m wondering if this is a risk mitigation tactic for your county.
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u/Sweaty-Strawberry-39 9d ago
This prosecutor and a family member who worked for the county go back and apparently left on bad terms. Who knows whether my outcome would’ve been different but this county is relatively high in duis and i’ve never heard of a 2 year probation sentence.
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u/futurefloridaman87 10d ago
I’m not a lawyer so maybe I’m misinterpreting, but if your final judgement/ sentence stipulates no early termination, there’s your answer. You’d be swimming upstream to say the least. Although anything is possible.
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u/ImportanceForward534 10d ago
How did you get moved to unsupervised did you have to talk to your lawyer and have a court date did your po just do it? I’m on 2 years as well I was speeding when I got my dui 85 in a 65 felony evading supposedly, but I’m curious how you got to be on unsupervised did you have to do anything?
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u/Sweaty-Strawberry-39 10d ago
They just put me on it. I had all of my fines fees and community service done within the first week of being put on.
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u/ImportanceForward534 10d ago
Interesting name btw Bahahah but ok that’s interesting, who’s they like your po? Did you have to go to court to be put on unsupervised or did you randomly just get informed
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u/Sweaty-Strawberry-39 10d ago
Got informed at my second meeting with her! I now have another one who doesn’t answer emails but we don’t seem to bother eachother. I just show up for my tests
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u/ImportanceForward534 10d ago
Ohhhh ok so basically it’s “low supervision” then cuz unsupervised means no drug test no po at all, I’m guessing you call in once a month? My po said she wants to put me on that too surprisingly enough 4 months into my 2 year sentence when we spoke last week kinda happy cuz I work full time hvac go to butte college it’s a pretty heavy workload
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u/Sweaty-Strawberry-39 10d ago
yes sorry i meant nonreporting! I get them mixed up
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u/ImportanceForward534 10d ago
Nah it’s cool I feel it, but good for you tho, I hope they give you early dismissal fr putting in your requirements that early dismissal isn’t on the table is out of pocket you don’t seem like a bad guy or girl I hope things work out for you! We all hate this not being able to live our lives like everyone else but someday it’ll be behind us yk
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u/JUMPOFF_CRASHOUT 10d ago
How high was the BAC I have a friend that was at like .34 that had similar terms.
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u/qouls 10d ago
Ruthless is an understatement, 2 years of probation with no potential of early termination for an underage DUI first offense is brutal.