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    Exclamation If My Case is Satisfactorily Closed, Do I Still Have to Go to Court Referral

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: AL

    In July of 2008 I was charged with Domestic Violence 3rd. I entered into a plea bargain which included 6 months in admin status, restitution, and attending anger management classes to which i was referred to a court referral office to set up and ensure I attend the classes. I gave the restitution amount within the time allowed by the court, completed the anger management and visited the court referral officer 3 times, the last time was in October. One week before my 6 month court date, I went to the court and gave them my anger management certificate and asked if i still had to be at court, they said no. I asked is my record clean now, and am i free to go (no longer under the microscope of the state), they stated yes. So 2 weeks after (end of December), I receive a letter from the court referral office informing me of another appointment with a drug test (drugs where not involved with the crime and was not ordered by court). Why would I be expected to go and continue paying this referral officer if my case is closed? I called the judges office again today informing them of the letter I received, and they stated I shouldn't have to go, but didnt say to dis-regard the appointment. If my case was satisfied and closed, I shouldn't have to continue this, right?? I mean I have never heard of anyone's case being closed and still being required to pay for the referral appointments. I just want to make sure that I'm not putting any more time or money into this than I have to, and that it wont come back to bite me.

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    Default Re: If My Case is Satisfactorily Closed, Do I Still Have to Go to Court Referral

    I have no way of verifying anything in your post, and have no way of being certain that if I tell you something like, "Your case is closed, so your probation can't be violated" is in fact true. You should verify the status of your case with the court and probation office, or have a lawyer do that for you, as that's the only way you can be sure that your choice not to fully comply with your sentence isn't going to blow up in your face.

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    Default Re: If My Case is Satisfactorily Closed, Do I Still Have to Go to Court Referral

    Thank you so much for replying. I contacted a lawyer that is familiar with this county court system. He was able to access the "database" and verified my case was closed. He didn't mention anything that had it on hold or anything. I would expect he would have told me if there was some sort of discrepancy.

    I spoke with someone that stated in alabama, each counties court referral office is its own private unregulated firm. I'm not entirely sure what this means or if it is true. I'm grasping here but wouldn't that mean that this "referral officer" can basically make the rules up as they go along? That sounds like it would almost be illegal. Un-uniformity.

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