Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
I live in Utah and am on work release and scheduled for release on may 8th, I just found out I have a misdemeanor arrest warrant in Sacramento California will they extradite me and if so will I be given a hearing?
3 Answers from Attorneys
California normally does not extradite on misdemeanor warrants, however hire an attorney, the attorney may be able to appear for you without you traveling to California...
It is up to CA whether to spend the money to extradict. You can fight it in the Utah court if they try.
If they don't, then to handle a warrant, you must turn yourself in to the issuing court, with or without an attorney. On felony charges, the defendant must be personally present at every court hearing and appearance. 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. 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. Hire local counsel in Sacto.
It depends on a lot of information that you do not provide, including whether Utah will allow an extradition for something like a misdemeanor.