State v. J.D.

July 16, 2008

J.D. had initially pleaded guilty to a robbery charge, and had been sentenced to 6 years on probation. He had violated his probation previously, and had been forced to serve a portion of his 6 year sentence.

We advised J.D. to address his drug problem and life issues by completed the Lifelines program at the CCA detention facility here in Nashville. Upon completion of the Lifelines program, we filed a Petition to Suspend his sentence.

After a hearing, where the assistant district attorney general opposed his release, the court agreed with the defense’s petition, and suspended J.D.’s sentence. He had been given another chance, and is now back on 6 years supervised probation.