What are the possible penalties I face if I am declared guilty or plead guilty?
The possible penalties in order of least severe to most severe are the following:
- An absolute or conditional discharge
- A fine
- A probation and a fine
- A suspended sentence
- An intermittent sentence or 90 days discontinued (prison on the “weekends”)
- Emprisonment in the collectively (“house arrest”)
- Confined emprisonment
Note that some of these sentences are not available for certain crimes.
