Sometimes a good defense to an alleged probation violation is not about the violation itself, but rather about the underlying conviction or sentence.
collateral attack
A Motion to Suppress a Prior Conviction Isn’t a Collateral Attack
You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes you might find You get what you need –The Rolling Stones It’s generally understood that a criminal defendant can’t invalidate an old conviction in connection with proceedings on new charges. This is known as the anti-collateral attack rule. Suppose for example that a … Read more