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    Thumbs down Can I Still Be Tried if I Never Got the Paper in the Mail

    I got caught with 3 ecstasy in my room one in my system, and I had furnished 2. The girls i sold to got caught and ratted me out.
    I got arrested in Aug of last year and my court date was in sep.
    I never went to court cause I never got the paper.
    So my lawer emails my dad saying that Thanks to a flook in the system I don't have a warrant out right now..So can they still press charges if they want to..

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    Default Re: Can I Still Be Tried if I Never Got the Paper in the Mail

    Yes, they can.

    A computer glitch - or human error - does not suddenly erase the charges.

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    Default Re: Can I Still Be Tried if I Never Got the Paper in the Mail

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    So my lawer emails my dad saying that Thanks to a flook in the system I don't have a warrant out right now..So can they still press charges if they want to..
    Listen to your Lawyer and any ?'s ask him/her. My guess is unless your file that hit the docket doesn't have bench warrent issued. Which is highly unlikely you are still open game, if the court clerk opens it and sends it on it ways (a warrent).

    However, the entire file could be headed to archiving already, so you just have to sit tight. And forget about; unless your reminded by a knock on the door. Leave it as it is, until notified.

    This is not legal advise.

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    Default Re: Can I Still Be Tried if I Never Got the Paper in the Mail

    Someone told me that I have about a year for them to do anything and if is past a year they won't do anything.
    Is that true?

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    Default Re: Can I Still Be Tried if I Never Got the Paper in the Mail

    If charges were not filed, your name was not on the calendar then yes, or what the statue of limits are in your area.

    If a bench warrent was issued. It may not have made it for many reasons; it was not recorded or entered correctly or so on. If you have a bench warrent, and for whatever reason it has not reached the appropriate agency. There is no guarantee it will not or ever reach the right angency.

    The longer it takes the less likely you will be charge/convicted (for this small matter only). However a bench warrent can turn a normal traffic stop into - you can guess. And from my understanding a bench warrent does not expire, until you see the judge.

    If your lawyer can not give you a garantee, you will not find it here either. Also any other charges you receive in that same county can trigger a review.

    This is not legal advise, nor procedures or practices of any law enforncement agency.

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