While many lawyers (in their websites) never address the truth--that convictions can, and do occur?Mr. Bruno does not shy away from this reality and does not fail to strategize a plan that may keep the convicted client out of the county jail. Of course, this is very important to Mr. Bruno's clients. Many of them have never spent any time in jail, and have no desire to do so. Accordingly, a good criminal defense attorney must have in his arsenal a plan for a post conviction way to avoid custody in the county jail.

Home Confinement

One such way is home confinement. Mr. Bruno has often negotiated deals where his client was permitted to serve home confinement as opposed to serving time in the Orange County jail. Home confinement is worked out at the time of the plea. When a defendant pleads guilty to an offense, the court will give that defendant approximately six weeks to report to county jail. During that time, the defendant is instructed to apply for home confinement. This is a process that Mr. Bruno will help the client through to help ensure that the client receives the home confinement.

The probation department will investigate the client's background, as well as the client's home to ensure that it is suitable for home confinement. If probation has any question as to the suitability of home confinement for a particular defendant, Mr. Bruno will interact with probation in an attempt to resolve any outstanding issues.

Once the client has been approved for home confinement, they will be outfitted with an ankle bracelet and will not be permitted to leave their home without authorization. However, the good part is that one will be authorized to go to work during the period of home confinement. Probation requires that the defendant provide a copy of the work schedule to probation and account for all hours outside of the house. The ankle bracelet will remain on.

With home confinement, the defendant that has pled guilty to a charge never has to set foot in county jail and does not have to interrupt their work schedule. Soon, the ordeal is over and the client can move on with his life.

City Jail (also known as pay-per-stay)

Throughout Orange County, there are numerous city jails that are approved by the courts that offer an alternative to straight custody time in the county jail.

City jail works like this: the defendant goes to work, and goes about his or her business during the course of the day. At night, the defendant will report to city jail and he will be housed in dormitory style living orders with other inmates. In the morning, the defendant is released to go back to work.

The city jail offers a viable alternative to serving a sentence in the county jail. In these tough economic times, it makes very little sense to impose a punishment on someone that will result in a lost job and further contribute to the downward spiral of this economy. A city jail stay does allow an individual to stay out of custody, remain employed, and put this mess behind them once the time served.

Mr. Bruno has an outstanding track record of securing alternate jail sentence is for his clients plead or are found guilty.

If you have a case and think that the outcome is hopeless, please contact the criminal defense firm of The Law Offices of Keith J. Bruno. We offer a free face-to-face consultation and can work out a payment plan in most situations. The Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, Law Offices of Keith J. Bruno represents Californians accused, arrested or charged for criminal offenses in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernardino.