QUESTION
If I missed my remand on stay date for misdemeanor joyriding, what do I do? Will i get more time?
Asked on Feb 27th, 2017 on Criminal Law - California
More details to this question:
I got sentenced and got time to get my affairs in order which during got stuck out of town and could not remember the courtroom or time I had to be there. I tried contacting my public defender got no response. I got back in town the following day which was Saturday. How do I turn myself in and not get more time. My name wasn’t even on court calendar on day I thought I had court.
1 ANSWER
You should hire a lawyer to go to court to recall the warrant. A lawyer can do this without you present if the underlying charge is a misdemeanor, so it is less risky for you. Then you can re-surrender without more punishment for probation violation.
Answered on May 17th, 2017 at 7:08 AM