Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Re: Grand Theft

He should be getting effective legal representation, instead of general opinion confirming how bad it looks for him. Nothing we say here is of any help to him, except to influence him to get counsel. Feel free to have him contact me for the legal help he needs, if he decides to take it seriously. If he can't afford private counsel, get the PD.

Re: Grand Theft

Arrest warrants do not require prior notice or warning otherwise people would evade arrest. Given he has no priors subject to reviewing his file and barring other circumstances e.g. resisting the arrest, I can probably get him a acceptable disposition.

Call when you get serious

Good luck

Re: Grand Theft

If he can convince the judge and the DA that he was honestly unaware of the arrest warrant, his fugitive status should not matter. Assuming he cannot beat the case, i.e., he does not have a triable case where he can realistically expect to prevail at trial, he should be eligible for probation given his clean record. However, probation often comes with significant amount of county jail time (as opposed to state prison). No jail time resolution is possible and would depend on a number of factors (nature and wishes of the victim, his background and character, the particular courthouse/DA, etc.), the most important perhaps being whether and how fast he can come up with the restitution to pay the victim back.

Feel free to contact me for a free consultation to further evaluate this case.

Jacek W. Lentz

Los Angeles, CA

310.273.1361

www.lentzlawfirm.com