Snitch / Rat / CI / Confidential Informant / Cooperating Witness / Cooperation Agreement / Lower Sentence / Reduced Sentence / AVVO / Michael A. Haber, Esq. **ARRESTED / **305DUI

Why does the government not want an agreement? There are many possible reasons. Maybe they do not believe that you can or will actually perform. Maybe they do not wish to be obligated tyo give you any positive recommendation. Perhaps they have a strategic reason like wanting to be able to deny the existence of an agreement. Again, there are many possible reasons.

I’ve been practicing primarily in Miami-Dade County for almost 23 years and I can make 3 observations about your situation: 1) Many folks rue the day that they ever chose to sign off on their substantial assistance agreement (as once you sign it you are locked in, there is no escape and if you fail to perform to the government’s standards then you are likely double dog dead with no where to run), 2) Most prosecutors are in fact honorable (meaning that they probably have a strategic as opposed to a sadistic reason to not want a written agreement with you) and 3) In the off chance that you have a dishonest AUSA who intends to sandbag you then you can take solace in the fact that your lawyer has accurately told you that s/he can petition the court for a deviation based upon oral substantial assistance even in the absence of a written contract with the government.

Have faith in your lawyer, who should be, and most probably is, looking out for your interests.

I hope that I have been helpful in answering your question.