Tomales, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

Defend the charges. Beyond that, youll have to try to negotiate a plea bargain deal with the DA, or go to trial on this. If you don't know how to do these things effectively, then hire an attorney that does, who will try to get a dismissal, diversion, reduction or other decent outcome through plea bargain for you, or take it to trial. If serious about doing so, and if this is in SoCal courts, feel free to contact me. This is a case that can frequently result in simple drug diversion or education program, and no conviction or your record, or be dropped upon proof your card kept you within the CA law. If you showed a valid card to police at the time, you should not have been charged, so now you have to deal with a DA.

Yes, any new violation of law of either a misdemeanor or felony can result in a violation of parole. What happens depends on the type of parole you are on. As a "violent" crime parolee you are probably on standard parole - you must report regularly, not on "non-revocable" parole, have a parole agent, etc. - which means that you can sit in custody until your parole hearings. If violated you can be sent back to prison, although I hesitate to say this because these "old" laws have been changed so much over the last two years of so under "realignment." I would really need to see the specifics of your parole to know for sure. But generally, on straight parole, you can go back to prison for up to a year, but if you are lucky you fall under the new laws/parole and won't suffer that as a penalty. You are not entitled to bond, however.

If you fail to appear at your court date after being arrested for a DUI the court will issue a warrant for your arrest. What this means is the court will set a "bail amount" and when you are arrested on the warrant you will have to post the bail amount that the court imposes. When a person is released from jail they must sign an agreement to appear on a specific date. If this did not happen in your case then you can tell that to your lawyer who will attempt to recall the bench warrant on your behalf.