https://www.avvo.com/attorney-answers/53548-wi-jay-nixon-1529181/answers.html
What happens when you have 3 felonies? Someone I know has a pending third felony, will he go to prison for life? he has one for methamphetamine and the one pending is also for that. the third is for bail jumping.
Jay K. Nixon Avvo Rating: 10 , Criminal Defense Attorney in Kenosha, WI
While WI may not have a formal "3 Strikes" law, it could be almost that bad for older defendants, or any whose life expectancy doesn't exceed the sentence. Leniency does not increase with each "strike," but rather the opposite. 3rd felony convictions (assuming separate arrest dates) might therefore end much worse than the first two. Sentences are a form of communication and if the message is not getting through, the judge is apt to turn up the volume on subsequent visits, in what's known as "progressive discipline." You should therefore help him retain seasoned counsel before he is convicted if you really want to help him.
No comments:
Post a Comment