Not Turning in a Ticket

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Michigan

So about two weeks ago i was busted for about .2 of weed next to the seat that they thought i was trying to get rid of. my buddy had a quarter on him and we were both arrested and charged with possesion of marijuana. Last week i hired a lawyer, although i heard hes a good one; the only time i've talked to him was via text and he gave me really short answers. my arraignment was yesterday and he appeared in court for me because i had a huge test in school i had to attend too. I was looking at my ticket last night and it says on it take this to court with you or send it in by mail or a warrant will be set out for you. I never did that but my attorney did do something because i called the court house yesterday and they said i had a pretrial sometime soon and a date would be sent in the mail. is the ticket irrelevant since my attorney showed up in court for me? is that how the citation was turned into court?

* i did try to get ahold of my attorney but of course he didn't answer my phone call.

your attorney represented you in court so that counts as being present.


i am a little surprised he did not get the ticket from you (and by get I mean instruct you to bring it to him)

every time i have had a lawyer for something citation related (speeding tickets i don't ride dirty) the first things they want are the money and the ticket, then the abstract from DMV

Waivers of arraignment usually involve the defendant signing a form acknowledging their rights and that they have been informed of the nature of the charges filed against them. It's a criminal charge, so the important information the attorney would want to see would be the information (basically a cover sheet summarizing the essence of the charges) and police report. The attorney may have already obtained a copy of the citation as part of the police report.

well the thing is, my buddys dad hired the attorney for me on friday and i never got to meet him, my court date was on monday. my buddys dad also bailed me out of jail so he had the bond reports which he gave to the attorney when he hired him.

Apparently he finessed the arraignment. You'll find out what he did when you talk to him.