Felony Probation with 15 year backup discharged despite multiple violations

Our client was on probation, with a 15 year backup sentence hanging over his head. While on probation, he was arrested on a new felony and fled the state. Our client was on the run for four years before finally being apprehended. We gathered extensive mitigation to show that our client had been a law abiding citizen during the four years and that he had left the state to save his children from following down the same path as him. Although the judge could have easily sentenced him to 15 years, our arguments persuaded him to let our client off probation entirely. As a result, our client is back home with his family.