Violation of Probation - Private Attorney or Public Defender - Does it Really Matter?
As a private Baltimore Maryland Criminal Attorney/Lawyer I handle many cases in which a person is charged with Violation of Probation. In these cases, very often the person's fate is sealed before the Violation of Probation is ever charged. This occurs when a private attorney or, frankly more frequently, a public defender, allows a client to end up on probation to the wrong judge in the first place.
I had a case this week in Baltimore County that clearly demonstrates this fact and also identifies one of the major benefits to being represented by an experienced and aggressive private criminal attorney as opposed to a public defender. The facts of the case were as follows:
