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sweet_sassy48
May 29, 2007, 04:04 PM
I was recently charged with a felony drug charges and I was wondering if there is a first time offenders act for the state of va for felonies?

excon
May 29, 2007, 07:23 PM
Hello sweet:

I've never heard of a first offender act anywhere. What would you expect this act to do, anyway?

Certainly, in the sentencing guidelines for Va, note is taken that one does not have a prior record. That's almost the same thing.

excon

Armydude757
May 30, 2007, 05:17 PM
We don't have a first offenders program, but as Excon said... We do take into consideration that its your only charge. 99.9% of the time you can get a plea bargain and drop it from a felony if its your first charge and your lawyer doesn't have a dim light.

Goodluck to you