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    Talking 18 and Getting Juvenile Probation Terminated

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California
    Hello,

    First of all i would like to thank you for reading this. I am currently on juvenile probation for a first time offense of stealing two 18 packs of beer from a local liquor store. I ended up receiving a felony for burglary and was given a year of probation. I have been on probation since March 16, 2012, and on the way to now have violated for smoking marijuana 4 times. The first time I got my 760 program or something like that taken away and had to complete a drug class which I completed, second time I was put on home supervision for 30 days and another drug program which I successfully completed again , third time was sentenced to 21 day STOP program and successfully completed that. And the fourth time I got 45 days of home supervision. After the 4th time I turned 18 and had a court date set for April 26, 2013 to get off probation, but just last week I violated for smoking marijuana again. My probation officer said there are 4 things that could happen in court. I could go to Camp Barret for a year and get terminated when i get out, I could get STOP again, i could get Home Supervision and have to complete an adult inpatient rehab, or i could try to get terminated. Right now I really want to get terminated so that I can start my life on my own and i want to ask for tips of what i could write in a letter to the judge that could help him understand where i am coming from and help convince him to terminate me.

    So with that being said here is a little background on me and what i plan to include:
    Like i said i am 18. I am a Senior and have 3 months of school left and have gotten A's and B's in high school and am still maintaining those grades and if i were to have to do an inpatient or go back to juvie then i would not complete school. Before i got in trouble i had 130 hours of volunteer time with the American Red Cross and plan to either go back and volunteer more or do an internship with my old supervisor. I am looking for a job because I want to move out of my house due to family issues(adopted-father[my grandfather] always inappropriately yells and cusses, and left bad memories not related to the yelling for me to live with.). I have completed 3 teen drug classes and understand what drugs do to you and why we should not do them. I have completed all the things probation has given me (fines,classes,etc.) except for not using marijuana. I now i can stay clean and i know that it is time to grown up and stop using in order to get a job and not get in trouble with the law in the future. also smoking marijuana is not the same to me anymore i don't rationalize my use how i used to when i was under 18. I feel like the mess up of the family and feel/know that my decision are not the right decision to make and really want to change that. So right now that is all I have everything that i said is true, and like i mentioned before i wanted to know if anybody has any advice of things i could bring up or do to help convince the judge.

    Thank you for your time ,
    Isaac Pierce

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    Default Re: 18 and Getting Juvenile Probation Terminated

    At your hearing, you couold simply state your case and ask the court to terminate your probation. However, I seriously doubt that if your probation is terminated, that it would be satisfactory. Your statements that you've made here are not indicative of one wo has learned from this experience. They are leaning towards the statments of a person who has failed to maintain discipline and a willingness to comply to the stipulations that were agreed upon.

    You did not satisfactorily complete any mandates and your PO is likely to advocate for a harsh termination rather than just taking you off paper. whether the court agrees to that recommendation is up in the air.

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