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Probation Violation, TERMINATED AND DISCHARGED

May 17, 2017
Probation Violation/Surrender
Client was given a suspended on-and-after jail sentence with on-and-after time. Client had one year of jail time that he was required to serve if he violated probation terms. He did in fact violate those probation terms as he did not show up and used drugs during his probation. After some time in warrant status, he turned himself in and Attorney Barabino represented him at the final hearing where he was not sentenced to his jail term but was terminated and discharged and allowed to go home.
Result: Probation Surrender and Suspended Jail Sentence, TERMINATED AND DISCHARGED, Client Released from Custody, NO JAIL TIME

Leaving the Scene of Personal Injury, NO JAIL AND NO CONDITIONS OF PROBATION, Texting while Driving, NOT RESPONSIBLE, NO RESTITUTION

February 27, 2017
Electronic Message, Operator Send/Receive
Leave Scene of Personal Injury
Leave Scene of Property Damage
Client was alleged to have operated a motor vehicle, made contact with another vehicle, and left the scene of the incident in question. The impact of the accident caused the other driver, who was pregnant, to collide with a property structure so hard that she had to be extracted from the wreckage with the assistance of the police and fire department. After a year-long examination of all potential defenses, Attorney Barabino negotiated a plea without jail time and no conditions of probation.
Result: Leaving the Scene of Personal Injury, NO JAIL AND NO CONDITIONS OF PROBATION, Texting while Driving, NOT RESPONSIBLE, NO RESTITUTION.

Drug Possession, ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION WITH NO CONDITIONS OR OBLIGATIONS AND NO DRUG TESTING

October 7, 2016
Drug, Possession to Distribute
Client was caught with a significant amount of Percocet, Suboxone, and cocaine. In addition, he was found with over $1,000 in cash hidden away in a secret stash. After various motions were litigated and experts consulted, a last-minute plea agreement was made whereby the client would be on probation for 18 months with no jail time, and have no probation obligations such as drug testing or outpatient treatment. Client needed this outcome as he had a young child and employment obligations which would have conflicted with any other, more stringent requirements like jail time. Moreover, client had been convicted of distribution on prior occasions.
Result: Administrative Probation, NO CONDITIONS OR OBLIGATIONS AND NO DRUG TESTING

Civil Offenses, License Suspended, Leave Scene of Property Damage, ALL CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CHARGES DISMISSED

December 13, 2012
Yield at Intersection, Fail Chapter 89 Section 8
License Suspended, Operating Motor Vehicle with c90 §23
Leave Scene of Property Damage Chapter 90, Section 24 (2)(a)
Use of Motor Vehicle Without Authority Chapter 90, Section 24 (2)(a)
Client was a heavy machinery operator who was charged with multiple criminal and civil driving offenses. According to police, client drove into another vehicle and both motor vehicles were destroyed. Client had a suspended license for drinking and driving and had been charged prior to the incident in question. A guilty conviction after trial would have almost certainly meant jail time. The entire case hinged on an obvious identification flaw, and the Commonwealth admitted that flaw on the day of trial. As a result, they offered to dismiss nearly all the charges if the client would admit to a lenient penalty on one of the charges. Client stood fast and refused the generous offer. In the end, the Commonwealth simply dismissed the entire case.
Result: ALL CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CHARGES DISMISSED.