Farmington, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

He is still in custody because he has not bailed out or had the charges dismissed. As to any other issue, the honest answer is that no attorney can give an intelligent opinion, without reviewing and knowing all the court proceedings and records, charges, evidence, police reports, expected testimony, priors history, etc. His version of the facts will shape his defense in court, but it is not helpful in answering your question. When charged with any crime, the proper questions are, can any evidence obtained in a test, search or confession be used against you, can you be convicted, and what can you do? If you don't know how to represent yourself effectively against an experienced prosecutor intending to convict, then hire an attorney who does, who will try to get a dismissal, charge reduction, diversion, program, or other decent outcome through plea bargain, or take it to trial if appropriate. If he has an attorney, you need to be asking him your questions.

To properly handle warrants, you must turn yourself into the issuing court, with or without an attorney, and try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and a plea bargain on the new Failure to Appear charge. You'll try to negotiate bail reduction or OR release. You'll try to negotiate a new plea bargain on the DUI that caused the warrant. On misdemeanors like this, the attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present, and any plea bargain deal could be handled by notarized paperwork. Effective plea-bargaining, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail, or at least dramatically reduce it, and may enable you to get your probation and programs reinstated. Unless you're competent to effectively represent yourself in court against a professional prosecutor trying to put you in jail, most people hire an attorney who can.