{"id":410,"date":"2018-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/difference-between-violation-and-technical-violation-of-probation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:38:59","slug":"difference-between-violation-and-technical-violation-of-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/difference-between-violation-and-technical-violation-of-probation\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Difference Between a Violation of Probation and a Technical Violation of Probation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, a violation of probation means that while on an order of probation you have done something the court ordered you not to do or failed to do something the court affirmatively ordered you to do.\u00a0 A technical violation specifically means a violation of the terms of probation, and punishment for a technical violation is limited to 30 days in jail.<\/p>\n<p>In Michigan, if you are on probation this means you have been convicted of a crime.\u00a0 There are some differences between misdemeanor probation and felony probation, and this article primarily addresses felony probation.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Compiled Laws \u00a7 771.4 provides that \u201cit is the intent of the legislature that the granting of probation is a matter of grace conferring no vested right to its continuance. If during the probation period the sentencing court determines that the probationer is likely again to engage in an offensive or criminal course of conduct or that the public good requires revocation of probation, the court may revoke probation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/difference-between-violation-and-technical-violation-of-probation\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What\u2019s the Difference Between a Violation of Probation and a Technical Violation of Probation?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, a violation of probation means that while on an order of probation you have done something the court ordered you not to do or failed to do something the court affirmatively ordered you to do.\u00a0 A technical violation specifically means a violation of the terms of probation, and punishment for a technical violation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-penalties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Violation of Probation and a Technical Violation of Probation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Generally speaking, a violation of probation means that while on an order of probation you have done something the court ordered you not to do or failed &#8212; 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