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    Thumbs down Double Jeopardy

    My question involves traffic court in the State of: KANSAS. I received a ticket January 2008, for failure to yield,-- to make a long story short- I missed the court appearance due to a very stressful situation which overshadowed everything else. The court judge issued a bench warrant for me, at 10 in the morning, which was carried out at 10 at night, even tho the town I live in is so small- there would not have been any problem serving it in the morning. I now have an arrest record because of this. I went to court, and was additionally FINED $50 for CONTEMPT for missing court!!!!The judge said my excuse was "not good enough". Since I had already been arrested for missing court,is it right to fine me also for it? It does not seem right.

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    Default Re: Double Jeopardy

    That's what happens when you blow off a court date, and the judge doesn't accept the excuse.

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    Default Re: Double Jeopardy

    Your legal concept of Double Jeopardy is not correct.

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    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    That's what happens when you blow off a court date, and the judge doesn't accept the excuse.
    Excuse me, but I did not "blow off a court date". There were personal circumstances that led to my missing the court date. I honestly forgot about the court hearing.

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    Your legal concept of Double Jeopardy is not correct.
    I know that is not what double jeopardy is, just that it seems as if I am having to pay twice for missing the court date,i.e., being arrested & then also having to pay a fine in addition.

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    I know that is not what double jeopardy is, just that it seems as if I am having to pay twice for missing the court date,i.e., being arrested & then also having to pay a fine in addition.
    Okay, but we have 2 seperate crimes here, the first, the traffic offense, and the 2nd for failure to appear, a Contempt charge.

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    Quote Quoting BOR
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    Okay, but we have 2 seperate crimes here, the first, the traffic offense, and the 2nd for failure to appear, a Contempt charge.
    I understand that the traffic offense and the failure to appear are 2 separate issues. It seems that being arrested should be penalty enough for missing the court date, then to be fined for it also...

    It was my first arrest ever & a shame it could not have been handled differently. It is sad when someone is thrown into jail over one minor traffic ticket.

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