Burglary Felony Charge Withdrawn

Our client was charged with a first-degree felony count of burglary, a third-degree felony count of receiving stolen property, and a first-degree misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. If convicted of all the charges, our client could have served a maximum sentence of 32 years in prison. Our client wanted to avoid that outcome, and contacted the Pittsburgh criminal defense lawyers at our firm to represent him in the burglary and receiving stolen property case.

We started work on the case, and negotiated with the district attorney. We were able to convince the district attorney to withdraw the felony burglary and receiving stolen property charges in exchange for our client’s guilty plea to a misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. Our client was sentenced to 6 to 12 months of incarceration — much less than the 32 years our client initially faced.

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