Silverthorne, CO Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

It depends on what kind of deal you reach. It will be on your record unless you get into a diversion program or other sentencing option that would keep it off. That is why you need to be represented by an experienced criminal defense attorney that regularly handles shoplifting or retail fraud charges.

It is hard to answer this question definitively without knowing what county you are in, what the alleged violations of the deferred sentence agreemeent are and other facts. However, it is typical many times on a first alleged violation of a deferred sentence for the court to just find the violation as having occured, revoke the deferred sentence agreement, impose the permanent conviction for the crime you were on the deferred sentence for, place you on probation with the same or similar conditions as those on the deferred sentence, possibly at worst add a condition of county jail for a few days, or maybe community service work, etc.  - so I would be surprised if on this violation you went directly to Department of Corrections.

Maximum for a class C felony is 5 years and a $10,000 fine. No mandatory minimum. It is likely that a good lawyer could be get this reduced to a misdemeanor.