Moved to Another State a Week Before the Case Went to the D.A.

[Koi]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Alaska

If someone is informed that their case had to be set aside for a small amount of time due to an annual local procedure of the police office, and that the case should be headed to the DA within 2 weeks, and 5 days later they buy a plane ticket and leave the state, what happens?

To my understanding they are looking at a Class B Felony when it gets to the DA, as the DA and the police have already been in contact. The case has simply not made it to the DA because of the annual local procedure where during the state fair all local detectives in that city are required to put their cases on a stand still and not work them until the end of the fair. When the detective informed the person that it would reach the DA soon, they inquired about what the charges might be, and were informed of the severity of the charge.

My questions:
How might that affect the case? What procedures might have to happen now? What happens if the person runs again?

[cyjeff]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Alaska

If someone is informed that their case had to be set aside for a small amount of time due to an annual local procedure of the police office, and that the case should be headed to the DA within 2 weeks, and 5 days later they buy a plane ticket and leave the state, what happens?

The trial will go on without them, and they will have a felony warrant issued for their arrest.

NOTHING is more important than going to court.

To my understanding they are looking at a Class B Felony when it gets to the DA, as the DA and the police have already been in contact. The case has simply not made it to the DA because of the annual local procedure where during the state fair all local detectives in that city are required to put their cases on a stand still and not work them until the end of the fair. When the detective informed the person that it would reach the DA soon, they inquired about what the charges might be, and were informed of the severity of the charge.

Okay.

My questions:
How might that affect the case?

Let me ask you a question in return, do you think running away will HELP the case?

What procedures might have to happen now?

Depending on the charge, they would go looking for him. If bonded out, Dawg the bounty hunter may come after as well.

What happens if the person runs again?

Eventually, the judge will decide that the person is a flight risk and will imprison him/her until trial.

[Koi]

Thank you for replying.

I wouldn't think it would help the case obviously, but I was concerned that the DA might see it as too much work to go forward knowing they would have to drag the suspect back here.

[cyjeff]

Thank you for replying.

I wouldn't think it would help the case obviously, but I was concerned that the DA might see it as too much work to go forward knowing they would have to drag the suspect back here.

Many people think that DA's will forget about them if they run.

Most of them then come to this board because they just got popped for the warrant and now can't get a job/a license/etc.

It is not worth it.

[Koi]

That's what I would think, but I have been given cause to worry.

I called a local legal advocate agency and they informed me that DA's are completely unpredictable, as for example they just had a case where it went to the DA with a full guilty confession, evidence, everything, and the suspect moved not long after it was reported to the police, and when the DA got it he declined the case. The woman said she wasn't sure why it was declined, but that the suspect moving would have required more money spent to bring them back, and that might have helped in the deciding to decline it.

My case also has a full guilty confession, and irrefutable evidence, but I am told I have cause to worry because the guilty party ran and my state doesn't like to spend the extra dollar to bring criminals back. That doesn't make sense to me. How could that be true?

[aardvarc]

No state likes to spend the extra dollar (and in reality, it's usually at least a few hundred, if not thousands, depending on the distance). States simply don't HAVE it to spend, especially in recent times (in some states they're struggling just to keep judges, prosecutors, and public defenders employed at all, and not all are being successful even at that, thanks to the tanking job market and so little revenue coming IN to the state coffers).

The stronger the charge, the more likely the state will try to cough up the money. For misdemeanor crimes, the extradition distance might be same county only, same state only, or adjoining states. For felonies, maybe a specific distance, say 500 miles, or east or west of the Mississippi, or for the most serious cases (murder for example), a national warrant.

[BOR]

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Alaska

If someone is informed that their case had to be set aside for a small amount of time due to an annual local procedure of the police office, and that the case should be headed to the DA within 2 weeks, and 5 days later they buy a plane ticket and leave the state, what happens?

To my understanding they are looking at a Class B Felony when it gets to the DA, as the DA and the police have already been in contact.

There is NO law that mandates a person stay within state boundaries unless on condition of probation/bail, etc. Was this the case??

As long as you respond to a warrant/summons, etc. it matters not where you moved to or are visiting.

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