Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

warrents

if you fail to appear in court for a charge of petit theft my understandig is you recieve a bench warrent. is this correct and will it follow me in other states if i get pulled over for a traffic stop? what will happen?


Asked on 1/13/05, 11:00 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Adam Frankel Adam Frankel, P.A.

Re: warrents

If you fail to appear for a court date a judge will generally issue a warrant for your arrest. It depends on the judge you were originally supposed to appear in front of.

I would advise you to contact an attorney in the area where you were supposed to appear and get this situation resolved. The attorney can submit a motion to withdraw the warrant for you and clean up the situation.

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Answered on 1/13/05, 11:03 am


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