Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Arrest Warrant

Typical ways arrest warrants get served, depending on law enforcement priorities, the severity of the crime and the cost of returning your ass to the arresting jurisdiction:

1. Cops kick down your door at 5:00 AM and

parade you around in handcuffs in front of

your spouse, your kids, the neighbors, and

possibly the TV viewing audience of COPS.

2. You get pulled over for a speeding ticket,

and all of a sudden you are asked to get out

of the car and lie face down on the pavement.

3. You are in court for some unrelated reason

and all of a sudden you get yanked out of

your chair and ordered to assume the

position. (This is why no lawyer ever

assumes he or she will be allowed to leave

the courtroom by the front door.)

4. You get a phone call from the cops stating

there is an arrest warrant and you can

turn yourself in or else face #1, above.

5. They shoot you dead during #1 or #2 above.

There are investigations and lawsuits, and

years later the police are exonerated

because they thought the glint of light

on your gold teeth looked like a gun.