Client was arrested for VOP because he missed a restitution payment. He was held no bond and the prosecutor was out for blood. She would not agree to a bond and would only offer client a deal if he agreed to become a convicted felon. We filed a bond motion but the judge would only give us hearing time a month away. We asked a back up judge to hear the matter and got hearing time in a matter of 3 days. We told the judge that the reason client missed his payment was because his autistic and disabled son needed a wheelchair to start school. They couldn’t afford both. The prosecutor’s supervisor heard this and dismissed the VOP and the judge took client off probation. The remaining payments just need to be paid to the Clerk. Had we not acted quickly and fiercely, client would have spent another month in jail and his life would have been ruined by this felony conviction.