Ever wondered about being placed on a formal probation, for the felony committed, and in exchange for your guilty plea?
Maybe you breathe a heave a sigh of relief for getting off easy, however, this might prove to be wrong. To be honest, while a felony probation is better than being in prison, it is still a punishment and at times, it becomes very challenging.

So what makes felony prison challenging?
Here is a list of considerations attached to felony probation and which you might not know.

• Even if you opt for felony probation you can still end up in prison. Felony probation is like walking a tightrope over a pit, one misstep and you will end up in a dark deep hole, taking years to make your way out of it. Hence, if you fail to meet the probation’s terms and conditions, you can still be taken into custody.

• In some cases, you might come across the restriction of travel. This is one of the typical conditions of felony probation, which restrict your traveling as you cannot leave without receiving permission from your probation officer.

• Your probation might require you to consider a job. The states’ laws may ask the defendant to be gainfully employed. This may compel you to accept the jobs which you may be unwilling to take or may feel beneath yourself, not worthy of your time.

• Your person or house may be searched without any prior warning or warrant. This is a common probation condition and you must agree to the terms. This particular condition is quite common in drug cases since the court must verify that you do not have illegal drugs and this may also include uninformed drug testing.

Hence if being a defendant you are thinking to opt for felony probation, you must first take the assistance of a well-reputed lawyer so that you can evaluate your case with some professional insight.

A skilled drunk driving defense attorney may have hundreds of strategies to use while representing your DUI case. These employed strategies usually depend on the evidence and facts which surrounds the allegations or the arrest.
While there can be many strategies to handle a Driving under the influence – DUI case, in this article, we will look at the three commonly employed strategies by a defense lawyer.

Unlawful retaliation for acting rude
Regardless of the situation, being rude or aggressive with a police officer is never recommended. However, if you just acted in a rude or disrespectful manner, this cannot be a proof of your drunk driving or of you being too drunk. Hence, if you arrested just for being rude then this justification of arrest will not hold up in court.

It’s difficult for you to endure situations of stress
People who face difficulty in staying calm during stressful conditions, may stress out during a DUI stop or arrest, and this behavior may throw them over the edge. The majority of times the reason behind the arrest of such people is the anxiety and stress of the individual, which makes the officers  mistake them for being too drunk to drive.
Since the person become so anxious about the situation at hand that he/she starts to act strangely. But fortunately, your inability to endure such stressful situations can never be used as the proof of you being drunk.

The officer failed to conduct an observation period
​Some state laws require the officers to observe the person for at least 20 minutes before conducting a breath test. The duration of this observation has to be almost 20 minutes. This is ensuring that the person did not drink or eat any stuff that would potentially invalidate the results of breathalyzers. Hence if an officer fails to conduct this observation period, it proofs invalidation of breathalyzer results and cannot be used as evidence against the person.