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thin skin can't win |
Happy to discuss details on phone or by email with anyone willing to help. In a nutshell have an acquaintance who has an outstanding warrant from a state they no longer live in for possession of controlled substance, circa 2016. Not surprisingly this has started to crop up as a roadblock in job applications even though they are now 600 miles and 3 states away. Not my area of expertise at all, looking for insight into how best to start to resolve this other than just walking into sheriff’s office and bonding out, though that may well be the first step. My simple answer was to just not list any time/address/job ever spent in that area on application, but that is a short-term answer at best. Bonus points if you have contacts or a reference for an assist with this in Fayetteville, AR area! Email in profile works.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Georgeair, You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | ||
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safe & sound |
Sounds like your friend needs to hire an attorney local to the warrant and have him start getting the process underway. | |||
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Unflappable Enginerd |
Your friend needs to go back to the other state or get a lawyer in that state to start resolving their issues. Do that before they are picked up in the current state for that warrant(when stopped for a speeding ticket or something stupid like that), and have to go through the extradition process. They will end up in jail for weeks before transfer to the original state, and probably won't be able to bond out until returned to the original state. Just went through this with a friend of mine in the last 2 months. Just to add, your friend will probably end up returning to the other state, surrender themselves, and then bond out. __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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It depends on the state and severity of the offense. Your friend needs a lawyer, but I would start by having a local lawyer send a letter of inquiry to the jurisdiction in question asking what they want to clear the matter up. I have often seen areas waive charges if the expense involved in retrieving the person is prohibitive. Federal prisoners used to get them released quite often. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
Lawyer. Lawyer in the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued. This outstanding warrant will never go away like they used to, due to computers. The computer never forgets. Plus some places can and will issued a warrant in another state for a failure to appear in the original state. And , you already know it will impede a job where they run backgrounds. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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^^^^^^^ Yep. This sort of thing is a pretty frequent occurence. | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
Get a lawyer local to the warrant, and preferably, one who is known to LE and the judges. I don't say this for reasons of corruption, rather they can be much more effective. From personal experience, I had a lawyer represent me in a case regarding an unregistered motorbike when I was younger, and involved in an accident. The lawyer was known to the prosecutor, the police Lt. who represented the police department at preliminary hearings, and the magistrate who heard preliminary hearings. Because he was known to them, and credible with them, when he told them my story, my history, and my reasons for having an unregistered bike, the Police Lt. and the magistrate agreed that a $100 fine for crossing a center divider was sufficient, and I went home. Having a decent, credible and known lawyer can make a big difference. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Res ipsa loquitur |
The only valid advice is to retain an experienced criminal defense attorney practicing in the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued. In my experience, old misdemeanor warrants tend to bite a defendant at the most inconvenient or difficult time. __________________________ | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Yep, he's going to have to get with a local defense attorney. If it's a misdemeanor in District Court (like first offense possession of a small amount of marijuana or some prescription drugs), he can likely get it handled relatively easily through his attorney. If it's a felony in Circuit Court (like most other drug possession charges), it won't be so easy to handle remotely, and he'll have to show up in person at some point. But either way, it's going to take the assistance of a lawyer, and he's going to have to deal with it. It isn't going away. | |||
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| thin skin can't win |
Thanks for all the replies. Agreed, a local appearance or two is going to be needed. I am just at a loss how to find a competent but not outrageous attorney in a city where you have no local contacts. It's a hike, and just wandering into town to sort that out with no advance contact or planning is going to burn a lot more time and money than available. Hoping some of our AR members may have some contacts or ideas in the area that he can start with. Or other attorney's with any suggestion on how to ferret that out. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Maybe start with that states bar association for lawyers that are in the area the warrant was issued? | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Sidenote, since the answer has already been decided...back before 2010 or so, a (all) warrant in my state was on paper, held at whatever agency obtained it. Felonies and major misdemeanors could/would be entered into the national database, but hundreds of thousands (ok, maybe just tens of thousands) of warrants were sitting at police stations or sheriff departments. After 90 days, I think it was, they were pulled and sent back to the courthouse, stuffed in a box somewhere in the bowels of the building. So if you stopped Joe Blow, and he had an assault warrant from a year ago, either you didn't know about it, or if you did you couldn't get your hands on it after hours. Well, come 2010ish, the warrant system went digital. Every new warrant went into a system that was visible state-wide. Alllllll those olde warrants in the bowels of the courthouses, too. It was a warrant-serving buffet for a few years. And I mean "Forgot to return library book 15 years ago" kinda shit. Quite the mess for some people. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
“No such thing as a cheap lawyer.” | |||
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Find out who the Public Defender is in that area,(the courthouse admin will know) and ask them who/what they recommend. | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Good lawyers aren't cheap, cheap lawyers aren't good. This is true of everything in life, just change the word. | |||
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| Big Stack |
Prosecuting those cases must have been fun.
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