You can handle the case no matter where you live, but handling it means coming to court hearings where the case is charged. I can assure you that unless you handle and clear this warrant and case, you will not be getting a nursing license or any other license, with an arrest warrant and criminal charges pending against you. What you mean is that you ignored the case and didn't appear at your court hearings, then got an arrest warrant issued for you. Now, to handle the warrant properly, you must turn yourself in to the issuing court, with or without an attorney. On misdemeanors like DUI, an attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present which is safer and avoids immediately being taken into custody. You'll try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and bail reduction or OR release. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain on any. Failure to Appear. Charge that caused the warrant. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charge that caused the warrant. Turning yourself in voluntarily will result in a better outcome than being brought in chains to court after arrest on the warrant. That can happen if you come in contact with law enforcement or customs anywhere in the country. While this isn't a 'capital case', you now face potential jail and fines, so handle it right. Effective plea-bargaining, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail/prison, or at least dramatically reduce it, and may enable you to get your probation and programs reinstated. Unless you're competent to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor trying to put you in jail, most people hire an attorney who can.
Answered on Feb 18th, 2013 at 7:17 PM