Can You Request A Reduction In Your Probation To Join The Military?
A friend of mine got convicted of trespass 1, when he got drunk and wandered 3 feet into a neighbor’s.
He doesn’t remember even doing it, because he blacked out and next thing he knew, woke up in jail tentatively charged with Burg 1, Trespass 1, and Trespass 3.
They dropped the other two and gave him 18 months probation. He had a DUI 3 years before, but nothing else on his record.
He’s now 4 months into his probation. The military (which he’d been planning for a long time to join) said they couldn’t take him until his probation was over.
Can he basically tell the judge that if he allows him to join, he would be reformed much better than if he didn’t and stayed on probation?
The recruiter told him his DUI (misdemeanor), and Trespass 1 (misdemeanor) would not prevent him from joining. He was even told the military allows 1% of recruits to join with felonies on their record.
I’ve heard of judges allowing this in the past. His own court-appointed attorney told him this is sometimes allowed.
Curt, are you telling me that simply requesting a waiver will permanently disqualify him?
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