QUESTION
Arrest warrant issued for failure to appear
Asked on May 01st, 2017 on Criminal Law - California
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I was arrested for domestic violence bailed out same day. Went to court on stated date and time, was told I didn't have a court date and was given a paper stating the State was not filing formal charges at this time and if they decided to file charges I would be notified. On Saturday two police officers came to my home and arrested me for failure to appear based on an arrest warrant signed by a judge seven days after my previous court date for failure to appear. Now I have another "court date" this month. What is going on???
1 ANSWER
Ronald L. Freeman
This seems to be very common when defendants are not represented by an attorney. You can hire an attorney to appear on your behalf and deal with the matter or you can go it alone and hope the DA is done play games with you. Don't over think it! If you are able lawyer up as asap, if not ask to assigned to the PD office.
Answered on May 01st, 2017 at 4:21 PM