Legal advice for being arrested for attempted robbery and how much time if convicted as a first offense?

Your question is too vague to give an accurate answer.





What state are you in? Did you have a weapon at the time of the offense? What was robbed, a business or a person? What property did you steal or attempt to steal? How old are you and what is your prior record?





Anyway, it is a Felony charge. That means that, depending on the above factors, you could get anywhere from several years probation to over a years in jail.





If you were to research the laws of your state, most states have them on line, you can see generally what the charge carries as penalties.Legal advice for being arrested for attempted robbery and how much time if convicted as a first offense?
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If you tried to take property or belongings from another person, that is an attempted robbery.


I assume you are guilty by the second part of your question.


Attempted robbery conviction carries varying terms (vary by state) and some have a time range (for example 5 to 15 years).


If this is, in fact, your first offense, you MAY get probation, or the charges MAY be reduced to a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is normally punished by less than one year in a local jail.
You don't really give enough details for anyone to give you a thoughtful answer.





My first bit of advice would be to hire your own attorney, if you can afford to. ( But since you're out stealing, that means you probably can't afford to.) Public defenders usually do the best that they can, but they are way too over burdened to give each case enough time to do a top notch job.





If you have no prior convictions, and if you didn't physically harm anyone, or brandish a weapon, then you may get the charges plea bargained down to attempted burglary or something. If you meet those criteria, then you could probably walk away with 30 to 90 days in jail and 3 years of probation.





Depending on the circumstances you could also receive a year in the county jail, and a suspended prison sentence, plus probation. If you violated your probation for any reason, they could then revoke it, and make you do the suspended prison sentence.





If you physically harmed anyone, or brandished a weapon, especially a gun, then you're probably looking at 16 months to 3 years in prison. ( You'd end up doing about two thirds of that in most states.) If you're in a state like Florida or Texas, you could face stiffer penalties. My experience comes from California, where sentences are usually more lenient.