Sonora, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

GO AWAY Warrants are forever, despite what some buddy has told you. To handle a warrant, you must turn yourself in to the issuing court, with or without an attorney. On misdemeanors and infractions, an attorney can appear in court without the defendant being present which is safer and avoids immediately being taken into custody. You'll try to negotiate a recall of the warrant[s] and seek bail reduction or OR release. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain on any Failure to Appear charge or probation violation that caused the warrant. You'll try to negotiate a plea bargain or take to trial the outstanding charge that caused the warrant. While this isn't a 'capital case', you now face potential jail and fines, so handle it right. Effective plea-bargaining by your attorney, using whatever legal defenses, facts and sympathies there may be, could possibly keep you out of jail/prison, or at least dramatically reduce it. 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.

In order to be found guilty of furnishing alcohol to a minor the DA is going to have to prove that your brother provided you the alcohol. A police officer will likely testify that he observed your brother doing so. OF course if you have any witnesses other than you and your brother you should get a statement from that person. Of course your brother should retain a lawyer to help him. As to your MIP matter, you do not want to plead guilty under any circumstances to an MIP because you will lose your driving privilege for one year.