Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

My best friend is on parole. she served two years for concurrent charges....all drug related. she had previously failed prop 36 and pc 1000 and drug court. before going to prison she had a charge of burglary but never had court past the arraign ment. she believed that she was doing concurrent time for everything. she was arrested on august 1, 2009 (last week) and was arraigned on the 4th. they also threw in a hearing on the old burglary charge. she is being allowed to post bail for 25,000, so i'm not sure what they are actually going to charge her with. there is no bail hold for parole violation and no violation hearing. can an attorney please talk to me about what i can do to figure this out. i'm her only contact on the outside as she was trying to stay away from all bad influences. also, does anyone know of a bail bonds company that can work with strictly payments. i have very little money. thank you


Asked on 8/07/09, 11:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

You figuring it out is irrelevant to her defense. Her attorney needs to figure it out, and will, when he receives all the Charges and police reports from the court. If she has no money, she needs to apply for the Public Defender. Private attorneys do not do Pro Bono, there is no need to with the Public Defender being paid from our taxes.

Bail bondsman don't take 'payments' but they may take liens on real property or other substantial assets. Talk to one.

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Answered on 8/09/09, 5:12 pm


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