Probation question

[Jamanda]

Okay, we all know Bo and Luke are on probation...for the whole series...even before the series started (Happy Birthday General Lee)...so how long was their sentence? Are they on probation for life? How serious is getting caught with moonshine that you're on probation for like...10 years? Were they still on probation during the reunion? Did they ever say when they got off? Just wondering.

[Daisy_Duke_Girl]

your guess is as good as mine......lol..........

[DixieDavenport]

Being Hazzard County ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!

I think it is up to the Judge to set the lenght and conditions of Porbation -- which means they never went to prison === Parole would mean they spent some time in prison then was released on much the same conditions as Probabtion.

I'd say if they knew the Dukes produced a lot of shine they would probably make it lenghty. I used to know what the prison sentence was for hauling shine -- I was a bit of a history buff -- it was much more in this state during the prohibition years. Now the first time is a misdemeanor here and you have to be hauling more than a gallon. WHICH MEANS you can haul all you want one gallon at a time as long as you are not seliing it! It is not illegal to make a certain quanity of untaxed liquour here for your own use.

In the show I've heard them say they if caught they'd spend 2 year; then 10 years; then the rest of their natural life in prison for hauling shine -- it was different in several shows.

One reference is when they are in the blue car of Cooter's in MAry Kays Baby. I think Waylon said "they knew getting caught with that shine meant spending 2 years in prison as sure as .........."

There may be a reference in High Octane too.


Dixie

[Jamanda]

I guess anything is possible. We knew that if they got caught, it was 2 years for breaking probation, but figured their sentence was 10 years of being ON probation, as it lasted the entire series and presumably before.

[Cooter Davenport]

It depended what they were caught with at the time to determine how long they'd go to jail for...i think it was 2 years hauling shine...somthing 10 years and life for hauling weapons i think...something like that.