My question involves criminal law for the state of: Pennsylvania
I should preface this by saying that I am talking to my lawyer and the probation office tomorrow after work. I am just anxious to possibly get some feedback before that.
I got arrested for public drunkenness while walking home. I was charged with two DUIs in 2007 (I got one, and then got another in a different county before being formally charged with the first. So, my lawyer got me a deal that I got charged for two 1st offense DUIs.). I have met all of my probation requirements except for paying my costs in full.
It has been so long since I have been in legal trouble that I forget some of the conditions. I am assuming that I am still on probation since I haven't paid my costs in full. Is this correct? Neither court summary sheet for either DUI list probation under the Sentence Type, and I haven't had to speak to my parole officer since CRN paperwork from around the time of the DUIs, so I am curious about that. Also, I would have assumed I would been taken straight to jail upon my arrest if they received report that I was on probation while running my info.
My main concern is the hearing for my Public Drunkenness charge. Since my costs are not paid in full, I am assuming that this is a probation violation. I am assuming I will need to hire my lawyer, but the man is expensive, and I am trying to avoid that. Considering that it was 47 months between my last court date for the DUIs and this arrest, my record is otherwise clean, and that this is not an especially serious charge (probation aside), from a lawyer's standpoint I am wondering if I should expect any leniency. We have a very lenient magisterial judge, and a different cop could have very easily just let me continue my walk home.

