Probation is an alternative to incarceration in jail or prison – for prison sentences of less than a year – there are exacting probation eligibility requirements involved. When the court orders probation, they maintain a level of supervision over the defendant for a predetermined amount of time that translates to a kind of compromise between incarceration and freedom. When the underlying crime is a misdemeanor, sentencing guidelines set the maximum probation period at two years. When the underlying crime is a felony, recent changes to probation and sentencing laws in Michigan set the maximum probation period to three years – with the possibility of extensions that increase the duration to five years.
Learn more here regarding probation and jail time in Michigan.
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