Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
failure to appear
I plead guilty to a felony and was
sentenced with fines and had to do
either work release or electronic
monitoring.I honestly missed my
date to set up with electronic
monitioring,i showed up 2 hours
later when i realzied it and was
told i had to go back to court.will i
need to see a judge and explain it
to him, or will it be easy and fast in
court? im just worried because i
wont have my lawyer with
me.please advise what to expect
when i go down to get reinstated
with work release/electronic home
monitoring.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: failure to appear
You must re-calendar your court appearance and appear in front of the Judge. You will have to explain to the Judge what happened and why. They you must ask the Judge to re-refer you to the electronic monitoring program. The Judge does not have to re-refer you. However, if you are honest with the Judge and apologize to the court you have a good chance at it. Even if you do not get the re-referral you still have to go back in front of the Judge and explain the situation. If you don't they will put a warrant out for your arrest. So go back to court and take care of it. Good Luck
Re: failure to appear
Hopefully the Judge will re-refer you to the electronic monitoring program. If not, you may be sentenced to serve your time in jail so be prepared for that outcome as well. Failing to show at your scheduled appointment does not show the court that you are a good candidate for electronic monitoring. Good luck.
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