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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 218896" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>Thank you so much, everybody, for your thoughts and good wishes. And guess what - I WAS surprised! The DA put pwov (probation without verdict) back on the table totally unexpectedly. He may have felt a little shaky with his side of the case, I suppose, but after speaking with difficult child's atty I was NOT confident that the judge would rule to suppress the evidence; in fact I was convinced to the contrary. I'm very ticked with the atty for ignoring careful notes I gave him right at the start, where the core of the DA's position was already stated!! I thought the guy was going to pursue a different line where I think there WAS vulnerability in the Commonwealth's case, but he didn't. Instead he was talking Appeal - in other words $$$$. But I figured, if he couldn't pull it together the first time I'm certainly not paying for another try.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line was, difficult child went pwov and has probation for six months (I thought he'd get a year) with some community service etc. and usual general terms, and then as long as he keeps his nose clean (literally, ha) it's all dismissed. He gets another chance. (The atty wants to file to expunge difficult child's underage convictions when he turns 21, but difficult child can save up for that. It's a good idea but difficult child should pay for it.) The really good thing, in my opinion, was that difficult child had to stand up in front of the judge and court and admit that, yes, he had these things on a certain date and was responsible for that. The judge gave him a talking-to but was also encouraging and told him he shouldn't be seeing him again. I'm very glad difficult child had to stand up and admit to the situation. That's something he's always skated around, with any situation - never clearly taking personal responsibility. So I'm very satisfied and now it's all up to difficult child to lead his life in whatever way he chooses. He'll be home for the six months - at least, he has to get approval to move - but any of the weird stuff he was doing in the summer will be violation of his probation.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and the weather stayed good until after we got home this pm, so all your good thoughts worked! Thank you again! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 218896, member: 2884"] Thank you so much, everybody, for your thoughts and good wishes. And guess what - I WAS surprised! The DA put pwov (probation without verdict) back on the table totally unexpectedly. He may have felt a little shaky with his side of the case, I suppose, but after speaking with difficult child's atty I was NOT confident that the judge would rule to suppress the evidence; in fact I was convinced to the contrary. I'm very ticked with the atty for ignoring careful notes I gave him right at the start, where the core of the DA's position was already stated!! I thought the guy was going to pursue a different line where I think there WAS vulnerability in the Commonwealth's case, but he didn't. Instead he was talking Appeal - in other words $$$$. But I figured, if he couldn't pull it together the first time I'm certainly not paying for another try. The bottom line was, difficult child went pwov and has probation for six months (I thought he'd get a year) with some community service etc. and usual general terms, and then as long as he keeps his nose clean (literally, ha) it's all dismissed. He gets another chance. (The atty wants to file to expunge difficult child's underage convictions when he turns 21, but difficult child can save up for that. It's a good idea but difficult child should pay for it.) The really good thing, in my opinion, was that difficult child had to stand up in front of the judge and court and admit that, yes, he had these things on a certain date and was responsible for that. The judge gave him a talking-to but was also encouraging and told him he shouldn't be seeing him again. I'm very glad difficult child had to stand up and admit to the situation. That's something he's always skated around, with any situation - never clearly taking personal responsibility. So I'm very satisfied and now it's all up to difficult child to lead his life in whatever way he chooses. He'll be home for the six months - at least, he has to get approval to move - but any of the weird stuff he was doing in the summer will be violation of his probation. Oh, and the weather stayed good until after we got home this pm, so all your good thoughts worked! Thank you again! :) [/QUOTE]
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